Re: [oc] A word on free licenses...

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From: Jasse Jansson <machinegun_messiah@b... > 
To: cores@o...  
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:07:24 +0000 
Subject: Re: [oc] A word on free licenses... 

> 
> 
> Jeff Garzik wrote: 
> > 
> > Before the OR1K core is posted you guys should think long and 
> hard about 
> > licenses. 
> > 
> > If you want to FORCE any vendor using OR1K to post their 
> modifications, 
> > use the GPL. 
> > Otherwise, use the new BSD license (the one without the 
> > copyright/documentation requirement). 
> 
> It might be tough to force a company to reveal their own stuff. 
> That will most probably prevent companys to use OR1K. 
> 
> > The GPL has been very successful for gcc and the Linux kernel, 
> many 
> > times forcing a company to open up code which would have 
> otherwise been 
> > kept non-free.  As a Linux kernel hacker, I am very happy that 
> the GPL 
> > and not BSD license was used. 
> 
> One problem with GPL (the way I see it) is that it might prevent a 
> company to spend time on developing new programs, it's a wast of 
> money for them because they have to give it away for free. 
> I think that's why you never (???) see any new innovations first 
> appearing under linux. 
> This might be a serious issue for this project. 
> 
> ((When it comes to UNIX, which is not my favorite choice, 
> I'm into the BSD side. One reason is the Berkeley licence.)) 
> 
> > I think in the case of hardware, intellectual property is even 
> more 
> > closely guarded than it is under the software realm.  IMHO 
> unless you 
> > are really hard core for free software/free IP, the BSD 
> license should 
> > be used for the cores on the OpenCores site... 
> 
> I think it's better if the contributions from other sources is 
> contributed by free will, not by force. 
> Stuff contributed that way will (probably) be of a more general 
> nature and therefore of more use for others. 
> 
> 
> 
> BTW, I'm new on this list so I have a few questions: 
> 
> 1/ will the "Super FPGA board" be a PCI board for use in a 
> passive backplane or is it ment to be plugged into a PC or 
> is it a standalone board? 
> 
> 2/ Is there any plans for a bootloader/"BIOS" which takes care 
> of initial configurations of serial ports, ethernet and so on? 
> 
> -- 
> Jasse Jansson, The Only Authorized Stealth Oracle South Of Hell. 
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