What is the license of the code

[jcea]

I can't find what is the license of this code. I would consider to join the effort, since the hardware is quite nice and I already have a handful of units, but I need to know what is the license of the code. Currently, this is not open source in the legal sense, just publishing the code is not enough.

Checking some of the libraries, like "onebutton" or "tinygps++", I see a mix of licenses, but "OTAA_FULL_FUNCTION", has no license neither copyright attached, as far as I know.

[namejinnameyuan]

We only maintain TrackerD, the other two are examples. These are open source, and the required files are in the documentation.

[jcea]

What is the license of the code? Where is that documented?

Thanks.

[namejinnameyuan]

What license? I don't understand. For example, "onebutton" or "tinygps++" can be installed by yourself on the arduino ide.

[jcea]

License: Something like MIT, BSD; GPL2, GPL3...

A license defines the terms of usage, change, redistribution. Rights and obligations to whoever touch the source code.

Some details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license

[jcea]

For example, if the code can be changed freely with no obligation at all, an appropriate license would be MIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

I would be quite amused that Dragino do not care about this sourcecode...

In any case, to have contributions, a license must be defined first.

[jcea]

For example, check some of the code you are using:

OneButton: BSD-like license. Details: http://www.mathertel.de/License.aspx

Tinygps++: LGPL 2.1 or later license. Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License

Arduino LoRaWAN (lmic): MIT license. Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License