18.7.1. Licensing - 5.2 English - 57404

AOCL User Guide (57404)

Document ID
57404
Release Date
2025-12-29
Version
5.2 English

Primary License: BSD-3-Clause

Copyright: © 2008-2024 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.

Multiple Licenses Used:

  1. BSD-3-Clause (main AMD code): - Copyright (C) 2008-2022, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Copyright (c) 2022-2023, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Most permissive, allows commercial use

  2. NCSA License (some AMD code): - Copyright (c) 2017 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Similar to BSD, University of Illinois/NCSA license

  3. MIT License (recent AMD code): - Copyright (c) 2019-present Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Very permissive, simple terms

  4. BSD-3-Clause (Google Test dependency): - Copyright 2008, Google Inc. - Test framework only, not in production binaries

License Summary:

  • Redistribution: Allowed in source and binary forms

  • Modification: Allowed with conditions

  • Commercial Use: Allowed

  • Attribution: Required (retain copyright notices)

  • Warranty: None (provided “AS IS”)

Key Conditions:

  • Retain copyright notice in source redistributions

  • Include disclaimer in binary redistributions

  • Don’t use AMD name to endorse derived products without permission

Full License Text: See License.txt file in the repository at amd/aocl-utils