OpenCores: Licensing

Licensing is a fundamental component for guaranteeing proper regulation and distribution of Free and Open Source products on the web.

For further reference visit these web sites:

• The Free Software Foundation and the GNU project
• Open Source and the Open Source Hardware Association initiatives
• CERN Open Hardware license
• TAPR license
• Free HDL license

The OpenCores maintainers are seriously committed to the study, and definition of licenses possibly better suited for gateware distribution.

Because of this, we do our best to inform and create awareness in our community.