> On 10/7/06, Samurai Chef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 10/6/06, Jason Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, Bruno > >> > >> I think that depends on your definiton for the word "free". > >> > >> > >> Best rgds, > >> > >> Jason > >> > >> On 10/6/06, Bruno Carnazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi misc, > >> > > >> > I was thinking to a slogan that could be printed on some openbsd > >goodies : > >> > > >> > "Free software can't exist without Free hardware." > >> > > >> > I think this is really the core of the current free software problem. > >> > > >> > Best regards, > >> > > >> > Bruno. > >> > >> > > > >s/Free/Open/g
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 12:27:47AM +0800, Jason Mao wrote: > Hi, Samurai > > Well, software may be open, but how could hardware be open > in the same way as software? > > Anyway, this is also a neat idea, in that this is "Open"BSD rather > than "Free"BSD. > > > Jason You've obviously never designed hardware or visited sites like opencores.org. Briefly speaking, hardware designs are typically written in some language like VHDL, Verilog, etc. and then tested in a simulator. Once the bugs in the design are worked out, the source code is sent off to a factory to print the boards, build the chips, etc. What's really exciting is the work being done with 3d printers and how the ideals of open source software can be applied in that realm. -Damian
