On Wed, 4 May 2005 12:37:48 -0400
Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's not get confused here. Any piece of the design that is
> developed by the community will be under LGPL from the start. Plus,
> there is still "corporate backing" in the form of us hardware
> engineers who are working on it. If we were to open source THE RTL
> from the start, we'd be taking too large of a risk, and since the risk
> is entirely a personal financial risk to us, it's an unfair risk.
Oh, ok. I missunderstood what the current situation is.
So, to sum it up (and make sure that i understood it right),
you three are working on the project in your free time and
found the initial prototype production, software and all that
stuff by yourself. The behavioral code will be LGPL and the
RTL code closed (unless it's bought out).
> Until we have something tangible to sell, it's unlikely that we'll get
> outside funding for anything. (Prove me wrong!) As long as the three
> of us are funding it, we're going to maintain some control over it to
> limit our risk.
I totaly agree.
> In comparison to any other hardware vendors here, we're offering a
> lot. Don't make it sound like more than what you already have is not
> enough for you.
That was not my intention.
> The following is always on the table: The community has a window of
> opportunity to buy us out. That window of opportunity is obvious from
> the Gantt chart. The only question is how much money is appropriate
> to buy us out. That amount will be much greater than the several
> thousand we'll have to spend to make initial prototypes, because that
> isn't the only risk involved.
If i read the chart right, then the latest date would be Jan '06,
but knowing that the amount of money needed is at least 5 digits
i do not think that the community can raise such a big found in
this short time. Especialy as there is no "product" to buy.
And even after the card is on sale, i think it would be still
very hard to raise enough money to pay you adequatly.
Attila Kinali
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