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### Software and firmware
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### Software and firmware
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- [GNU General Public License - GNU
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- [GNU General Public License - GNU
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GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) for Software (Python, C,
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GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) for *Software* (Python,
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...)
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C, ...)
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- Example of use in the [OHR project PTS, Production Test
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- Example of use in the [OHR project PTS, Production Test
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Suite](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts)
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Suite](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts)
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- [LICENCE](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts/tree/master/)
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- [LICENCE](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts/tree/master/)
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- [pts main
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- [pts main
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program](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts/tree/master/)
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program](https://www.ohwr.org/project/pts/tree/master/)
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- [GNU Lesser General Public License - GNU
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- [GNU Lesser General Public License - GNU
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LGPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) for firmware (VHDL,
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LGPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) for *Gateware*,
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Verilog, ...)
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i.e. HDL designs whose purpose is to end up as FPGA bistreams or
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ASICs (VHDL, Verilog, ...)
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- [Example of use in an OHR
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- [Example of use in an OHR
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project](https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-cores/commits/master/modules/timing/dmtd_with_deglitcher.vhd)
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project](https://www.ohwr.org/project/wr-cores/commits/master/modules/timing/dmtd_with_deglitcher.vhd)
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- Note: for gateware there is currently no proper copyleft
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license. We hope one day that the CERN OHL will evolve to cover
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HDL designs adequately \[1\]. In the meantime we are using LGPL
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(a license which was never intended for gateware) as many other
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people do, including many projects in opencores.org.
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- \[1\] In fact, we will start working on a new version of the
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CERN OHL soon, with exactly that aim. You can find some
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preliminary thoughts at
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http://lists.ohwr.org/sympa/arc/cernohl/2013-07/msg00029.html
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(you might have to click on "I'm not a spammer" and paste
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the URL again afterwards)
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*See also:** [*Final Report of the Open Source Software Licence Task
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*See also:** [*Final Report of the Open Source Software Licence Task
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Force*](https://cds.cern.ch/record/1482206?ln=en) that formulates
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Force*](https://cds.cern.ch/record/1482206?ln=en) that formulates
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3 September 2013
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9 September 2013
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