When I contacted Vitesse, they signed me up so I could download the 8488
without signing any NDA.
So it appears they are not strict about actually making you sign the
NDA, but you do have to get permission to view the data sheet.
Joe
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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:34:40 -0700
From: David Forbes<[email protected]>
Subject: [casper] Vitesse data sheets and NDAs
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Hi all,
I'm looking at the SFP+ card for the ROACH 2 board. It appears to use a Vitesse
8488 PHY chip. The Vitesse folks say I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement
(NDA) to read the data sheet.
It seems like a big problem to use a chip with secrets in its data sheet in a
board for an open hardware platform. Which is to say, I will have a hard
discussing the merits of using this part with my coworkers (or anyone else on
the CASPER list) unless they sign the NDA as well.
Thoughts?
