piolib: Please provide piolib-dev or similar Debian package for developing software that uses /dev/pio

[jepler]

.. a file that would include the necessary files to develop /dev/pio-using software without vendoring or submoduling the code from here.

PS with my Adafruit hat on it'd be nice if the license was permissive like MIT, too.

[pelwell]

Recent changes to the piolib project have made installation of the library and headers possible. A proper package is in the pipeline.

[macmpi]

If Alpine Linux is an option, package is now part of the collection on Edge branch.

[Gebhartj]

@pelwell, I'm wondering about the licensing of the piolib files. My understanding is that while GPL-2.0 might be acceptable for header files, it seems to also apply to files containing implementation code.

I noticed here that piolib-dev is listed under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Could you clarify if my understanding is correct that the GPL-2.0 license would prevent linking piolib into closed-source projects?

LGPL licence should solve it. 😉

[pelwell]

It should always have been BSD-3-Clause - the GPL-2.0 references have been replaced.

[jepler]

Phil Elwell:

It should always have been BSD-3-Clause - the GPL-2.0 references have been replaced.

@ladyada the relicensed piolib files means it's probably worth updating the vendored versions in https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka_Raspberry_Pi5_rp1pio, neopixel, & piomatter so that those overall projects can also be licensed BSD-3-Clause rather than GPL-2. I'd offer to do it but I don't have any hardware for testing.

[ladyada]

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