nordic_cdc_acm driver Redistribution

[jun_0717]

I made a Windows application that makes USB connection with nRF52840.
You need nordic_cdc_acm driver to use it with windows 7.
Can I distribute the nordic_cdc_acm driver with my application?

Where can I find the driver's license?

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi, 

The following line can be found at the top of the INF file: "; Copyright (c) 2017 Nordic Semiconductor".

You can consider this file covered by the nRF5_Nordic_license.txt found in the documentation folder:

Copyright (c) 2010 - 2019, Nordic Semiconductor ASA

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form, except as embedded into a Nordic
   Semiconductor ASA integrated circuit in a product or a software update for
   such product, must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
   conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
   materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of Nordic Semiconductor ASA nor the names of its
   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
   software without specific prior written permission.

4. This software, with or without modification, must only be used with a
   Nordic Semiconductor ASA integrated circuit.

5. Any software provided in binary form under this license must not be reverse
   engineered, decompiled, modified and/or disassembled.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR ASA "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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Best regards,
Jørgen

[jun_0717]

Thanks for your comment