License

NetFPGA C.I.C is a not-for-profit UK Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) supporting the community of academic, educational, industrial, and hobbyist users of the open-source hardware-software designs such as the NetFPGA Platform.

NetFPGA license

The NetFPGA open-source hardware-software license extends the Apache Software License with additional intellectual property types specific to hardware designs – e.g., mask rights – in order to better support open-source hardware. It is our hope that organisations such as Apache may accept open-source hardware as part of their remit in the future, both in terms of licenses and willingness to host open-source hardware projects, in which case working with an extended license might cease to be necessary.

Information about the license is available at the NetFPGA C.I.C website.