paul_c wrote: >On Friday 16 March 2007 18:17, Ray Henry wrote: > > >>I suggest that we let Paul do the audit and we keep working on >>abilities. >> >> > >Buck. Passing ? > > Of course! Passing the buck is the conceptual foundation of the open-source project! Whoever volunteers himself to do something is condemned to get it done.
> > >So Joe develops & tests on a Hollybush board using ISE, perhaps unwittingly >incorporating some Xilinx IP, and then Bob uses the same files to compile for >an Altera Cyclone chip (with perhaps a small change to one file) - Perhaps >using GHDL to synthesise the design - Far from being "meaningless", it opens >up a whole new minefield. A warning notice for the end user advising that >there may be a conflict of interest would be prudent. > > > > Does anyone know what Paul is talking about here? Is there any intellectual property that belongs to someone outside the immediate project included in the distributions or CVS? (I know that .bit files for the Mesa boards are associated with the driver for them.) I seriously doubt that these .bit files could be of use with any other maker's chips, or that any IP could be extracted from them and re-synthesized for other chips. A VHDL file that is synthesized to program the Mesa board's FPGA isn't likely to contain Xilinx's IP, but may require something like a PCI macro. Is that what he's getting at? Is such a thing in the CVS? Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
