Will the Nordic BLE LL implementation be open source?

[dengjiliang]

   Hi Nordic

       For research purpose (not commercial use) we would like to modify some LL packet format and LL mechanisms.

       Will the Nordic BLE LL implementation be open source? 

      Can the implementation source code of the link layer be released?

[Susheel Nuguru]

Hi,

Nordic LL is our IP which is one of the best in class and is key for our high quality  multi protocol support along with BLE. This part of our solution will remain as binary and we do not see any near terms plans to make it open source and we do not release the source code to anyone. 

You can still use Zephyr's LL which is still open source and will fit your case to enable modifying the LL to make changes to the packet formats and other LL mechanism for experimental purposes.

[dengjiliang]

Tanks