Broadcom Changing Licensing to BSL

10 pointsposted 2 months ago
by CubsFan1060

Item id: 46348861

5 Comments

CubsFan1060

2 months ago

I'm no lawyer, but this part

"You are hereby granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under Broadcom’s copyrights to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software in source code or binary form for use in connection with Broadcom products."

Feels like it's saying you're only allowed to use it in the future if you use it in relation to some Broadcom product.

bigfatkitten

2 months ago

One of my servers has a Broadcom NIC, so I guess I’m good to go.

markus_zhang

2 months ago

I’m pretty sure we all have some Broadcom chips.

bigfatkitten

2 months ago

Even if that’s only the LEDs on the front panel.