Hi kayccc,
yes, I’m aware of that page and the license contents. According to the documents you ask me to refer to the “License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software” applies to nv_tegra directory from L4T.
This nv_tegra directory contains among other files the firmware blobs needed in runtime.
According to the license terms section 2.1.1 we are not granted right to redistribute L4T components (nv_tegra directory). But there is an exception in the license text:
Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files).
Again my question is - which components fall into this exception? Is firmware “designed exclusively for use on the Linux or FreeBSD operating systems…”?
Also how is the mb1 boot loader licensed? According to the LICENSE file in bootloader directory it seems to be the same license text. Was mb1 boot loader “designed exclusively for use on the Linux…” or is it also not allowed to distribute it?
I’m not a lawyer but this seems to limit any commercial use of TX2 unless you can grant a different license on some additional terms. Is this possible?
Also it seems that there are couple different license texts referring to the same piece of software, which one is valid? There is different license text in the file being part of the documentation package, compared to one within the L4T binary release and separate download (https://developer.download.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r28_Release_v2.1/Tegra_Software_License_Agreement-Tegra-Linux.txt). Especially section 2.1.2 text differs:
In separate download and binary release:
2.1.1 Rights. Customer may install and use multiple copies of the
SOFTWARE on a shared computer or concurrently on different computers,
and make multiple back-up copies of the SOFTWARE, solely for Customer's
use within Customer's Enterprise. "Enterprise" shall mean individual use
by Customer or any legal entity (such as a corporation or university)
and the subsidiaries it owns by more than fifty percent (50%).
In documentation package:
2.1.1 Rights.
Customer may install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE on a single computer, and except for making one back-up copy of the Software, may not otherwise copy the SOFTWARE. This LICENSE of SOFTWARE may not be shared or used concurrently on different computers.
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