L01-MT: Yes
Rationale
The Meshtastic documentation repository at d68f524cb1ef08fbd3cc256db50af357fca19b45 includes a root GPLv3 LICENSE and the technical descriptions of encryption, signatures, packet overhead and protocol behavior. The selected firmware commit 8e6a88d06f44cad26f1e8d7cd402939ccacb9b4c binds its protobufs submodule to 8f97d66a63ce10cfb12f94203e361691647f5ad3, which also contains a GPLv3 LICENSE covering the message-schema repository. The grants have no commercial or field-of-use restriction. This establishes permissions over actual documentation and schema sources, rather than inferring them solely from firmware licensing.
Assessment method
Documentary license and submodule review; no runtime or legal clearance
Source context
Pinned primary repositories and official protocol documentation, 2026-10-15
Outstanding qualification
Retain notices and satisfy GPLv3 copyleft/source obligations when distributing covered copies or derivatives. This does not promise proprietary relicensing, trademark use, radio authorization or patent clearance. The finding concerns the Meshtastic protocol above its provisioned radio carrier, not permission to manufacture a LoRa physical-layer implementation. Documentation rights do not certify that every current behavior is present in the pinned Alpha firmware; technical verdicts retain their existing version-specific evidence.
Public sources
- https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtastic/blob/d68f524cb1ef08fbd3cc256db50af357fca19b45/LICENSE
- https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtastic/blob/d68f524cb1ef08fbd3cc256db50af357fca19b45/docs/development/reference/encryption-technical.mdx
- https://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs/blob/8f97d66a63ce10cfb12f94203e361691647f5ad3/LICENSE
- https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/tree/8e6a88d06f44cad26f1e8d7cd402939ccacb9b4c/protobufs