License¶

MIT License¶

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Third-Party Licenses¶

This project uses several open-source libraries and tools:

Python Dependencies¶

colorama: BSD-3-Clause License
Click: BSD-3-Clause License
PyYAML: MIT License

Development Dependencies¶

pytest: MIT License
ruff: MIT License (replaces black, isort, flake8)
mypy: MIT License
pre-commit: MIT License
coverage: Apache License 2.0

Documentation Dependencies¶

MkDocs: BSD-2-Clause License
Material for MkDocs: MIT License

External Tools¶

This wrapper interfaces with:

IPECMD: Proprietary software by Microchip Technology Inc.
MPLAB X IDE: Proprietary software by Microchip Technology Inc.

Disclaimer¶

This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microchip Technology Inc. IPECMD, MPLAB X, PIC, and PICkit are trademarks of Microchip Technology Inc.

License Compatibility¶

The MIT License is compatible with most other open-source licenses and allows for both commercial and non-commercial use. You are free to:

✅ Use the software for any purpose
✅ Modify the software
✅ Distribute the software
✅ Distribute modified versions
✅ Use the software in proprietary applications

Attribution¶

When using this software in your projects, attribution is appreciated but not required. If you choose to provide attribution, you can use:

This project uses IPECMD Wrapper by Sébastien Celles
https://github.com/s-celles/ipecmd-wrapper

Contact¶

For questions about licensing or legal matters, please contact:

Author: Sébastien Celles
Email: s.celles@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/s-celles