From 3736823c1d3aae1b25377ddb8e64191d8f1ae7d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: per1234 Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 02:48:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Standardize license file Standardization in license documentation is important because, in addition to making it easy for humans to find this vital information, it allows machines to automate the process of license type determination, which is useful both for discovering suitable open source projects as well as checking open source license compliance. The open source license of this project is already stored in a standardized location in a dedicated license file. However, even though the project is licensed under a standardized open source license, additional text was added to the license file which offers the option to purchase an exception for proprietary use of the code. Even though this offer does not have any legal effect on the open source license, the presence of that text made it so that the open license type could not be identified with 100% confidence by machines (e.g., the Licensee Gem used by the GitHub website), which meant identification could only be made by a human carefully evaluating the license text. Since there is no need to place the exception offer in the license file, it can be moved to the readme, with the license file containing only the verbatim standardized open source license text. The result is that the project's open source license type can now be automatically identified, without making any change to the licensing. --- LICENSE | 14 -------------- README.md | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 4a1b324fd..f288702d2 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,17 +1,3 @@ -This file includes licensing information for ArduinoIoTCloud - -Copyright (c) 2019 ARDUINO SA (www.arduino.cc) - -The software is released under the GNU General Public License, which covers the main body -of the ArduinoIoTCloud code. The terms of this license can be found at: -https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html - -You can be released from the requirements of the above licenses by purchasing -a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory if you want to modify or -otherwise use the software for commercial activities involving the Arduino -software without disclosing the source code of your own applications. To purchase -a commercial license, send an email to license@arduino.cc - GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, 29 June 2007 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4b248e784..93a0829a8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -96,3 +96,9 @@ Boards can authenticate to the ArduinoIoTCloud servers using 3 methods: * `DEVICE_CERTIFICATE` and `PRIVATE_KEY`. This values are stored inside the board secure element during the device provisioning phase. Boards that are using this method are: [`MKR 1000`](https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-mkr1000-wifi), [`MKR WiFi 1010`](https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-mkr-wifi-1010), [`MKR GSM 1400`](https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-mkr-gsm-1400-1415), [`MKR NB 1500`](https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-mkr-nb-1500-1413), [`Nano 33 IoT`](https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-nano-33-iot), [`Portenta H7`](https://store.arduino.cc/portenta-h7), [`Nano RP2040 Connect`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/arduino-nano-rp2040-connect), [`Nicla Vision`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/nicla-vision), [`OPTA WiFi`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/opta-wifi), [`OPTA RS485`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/opta-rs485), [`OPTA Lite`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/opta-lite), [`GIGA R1 WiFi`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/giga-r1-wifi), [`Portenta C33`](https://store.arduino.cc/products/portenta-c33) * `APP_EUI` and `APP_KEY`. This values are defined in the `thingProperties.h` file and included in the Sketch. Boards that are using this method are: [`MKR WAN 1300/1310`](https://store.arduino.cc/mkr-wan-1310) + +### License + +The ArduinoIoTCloud library is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. + +You can be released from the requirements of the above license by purchasing a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory if you want to modify or otherwise use the software for commercial activities involving the Arduino software without disclosing the source code of your own applications. To purchase a commercial license, send an email to license@arduino.cc