On Wednesday 02 February 2005 16:53, Timothy Miller wrote: > We had decided on a Conexant video chip, because it provides dual-link > DVI, analog RGB, and a number of TV signal formats. Plus, it's > inexpensive. > > Well, it turns out that they want us to sign an NDA to be able to use > the chip. We asked if that was absolutely necessary, and they said > 'yes'. We explained our situation, and they said they'd get back with > us. They haven't. > > It's possible that we may still be able to use their chip if we wrap > their IP in some Verilog code. But then that becomes a problem when we > release the Verilog, so we might have to rip that part out. It would be > best if we could just disclose the specs. One would think they wouldn't > turn their nose up at an order for 10,000 units, but that sort of thing > is common when IP issues come into play. > > There's an alternative, but it's more expensive, and that also is a > problem. > > To an extent, we have numbers on our side, because we have lots of > people who can drive home the point, but I hate it when the free > software community bullies companies, like what happened with TI not too > long ago. Notice how TI still didn't concede to the request, and now TI > is even less likely to want to support free software in the future. > > We (Tech Source) are going to continue to try to negotiate with them > unilaterally, but if that doesn't work, we (as a community with numbers) > can make a single, one-time, polite attempt at trying to convince them > that this would be very good for their business. If they don't listen, > we'll just have to select an alternative. > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
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