On 5/4/05, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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).
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "behavioral code". Here's what the pieces are: (1) Software source code, models, and documents -- all public licenses (2) Minimal RTL for the prototype board -- all LGPL (3) Complete OGP RTL -- combination of LGPL and proprietary code At a later date, all proprietary code will be converted to GPL. > > > 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. Money that buys us out would not be a donation. It would be equity in a company. The community and other investors would OWN it. They would decide where the money goes, hire people, pay salaries, elect board members, etc. The instant a useful amount of money came in, we would immediately incorporate and hand out shares to those who provided money. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
