RE: [oc] GNU Free Documentation License

["Stackelhouse, Scott (FL51)" <scott.stackelhouse@honeywell.com>]

I have to say that I think the HDL code is exactly as executable as Java.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Lucas [mailto:charles@digitalharmony.com]
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 1:27 PM
To: cores@opencores.org
Subject: [oc] GNU Free Documentation License


Just wanted to point out a draft of the new GNU Free Documentation License
at:

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

There's an article on /. today as well.  Might come in handy...

Since an HDL design isn't "executeable" like a software design, I wonder if
a block of HDL code could be better considered as a design "specification",
and thus treatable under the GFDL.  Software (such as a compiler, etc) that
was created to run on the design or compile software to run on it could fall
under the standard GPL.

-Charles