Software Licensing and Use Permission for Silicon Labs C8051/EFM8 Header Files
03/90/2017 | 10:14 PM
Older versions of the Silicon Labs 8-bit software development kit (SDK) contained device specific header files (i.e. "C8051Fxxx.h") as well common header files that were referenced and included by the device-specific files (i.e. "compiler_defs.h"). While most current Silicon Labs example code and source files in the C8051/EFM8 SDK are covered solely under the Silicon Labs End User Software License Agreement (http://developer.silabs.com/legal/version/v11/Silicon_Labs_Software_License_Agreement.txt), "compiler_defs.h" contains sections of code which were authored by a third party and are covered by a separate license agreement.
For those wishing to develop their application code using Silicon Labs-provided example code and header files, but wishing to have this code be covered under a single license agreement from Silicon Labs (see link above), we have created a new file called "si_toolchain.h" that supersedes "compiler_defs.h." In the 8051 SDK, the correct device-specific files to use for C8051 devices are called "SI_C8051Fxxx_SI_defs.h." Files with this naming convention will reference and include "si_toolchain.h" and will fall exclusively under the Silicon Labs End User Software License Agreement. These updated files should be available in the Silicon Labs 8051 SDK after April 19, 2017.
Software Licensing and Use Permission for Silicon Labs C8051/EFM8 Header Files