On 5/4/05, Attila Kinali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2005 10:35:49 -0400 > Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's still a perceived need to have a "value add." It's STILL > > going to cost us money to produce this thing, and there's a risk that > > someone will use the IP and leave us in the dust. > [...] > > Also, all IP for the initial prototype board will be LGPL. And it's > > still a bit early to make specific decisions about the rendering core. > > Why LGPL ? If no company is involved then we could do it in GPL > and thus "protect" it against "theft".
You are right. But putting the whole thing under GPL opens us up to totally legitimate things that could undermine us (the three hardware designers). It's one thing to donate time to the project. But when I start spending gobs of money on it, I want to be able to recoup my investment. Solve that problem, and you get what you want. Always remember: To me and my colleagues, this is a HARDWARE project, and hardware is EXPENSIVE. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
