Further, it allows for distributing designs in bitstream or FPGA format without accompanying it with a copy of the license. Developers are required to keep the core's source code confidential and use "for the sole purposes of design documentation and preparation of Derivative Works ... to develop designs to program Lattice programmable logic devices".
The provision permits distributing designs in bitstream or FPGA format without a license copy. Developers are obligated to safeguard the core's source code and utilize it solely for design documentation and preparation of Derivative Works, specifically for programming Lattice programmable logic devices.