Peter,
That's a great question!! I researched it on the Internet. Here's a link:
http://profs.lp.findlaw.com/copyown/copyown_2.html
The answer --as I understand it-- to your question is that any work that I would do for OG is not under the direction Xilinx (I am a regular, not a contractor) therefore Xilinx does not have the right to own the copyright.
In fact developing this type of user HW cores is not even my job function. Also I do not work in the IP cores team and have no contact with the source code of Xilinx IP cores. Therefore I will not taint or appear to taint any work for OG that has similar proprietary works (such as the PCI core).
I'm just a geek that really believes in open hardware!
Cheers ./m
Peter Karlsson wrote:
On Mon, 9 May 2005, Timothy Miller wrote:
Thank you. The two items being worked on right now are the VGA controller and the PCI controller. I'm working on the PCI controller, and when I have something to seed the development process, I'll post it. These are the sorts of things that we'll need some help with. Furthermore, the first bit of RTL available for the OGP prototype card will be the PCI controller.
On 5/9/05, Mike Matera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I'm a NuB to OpenGraphics. I'm a hardware engineer with some system experience and since an open hardware graphics card is the stuff that dreams are made of I would like to contribute. I cannot speak officially for Xilinx but I do have access to all of the software (see email address) and can contribute by running the tools and providing information on how everything works. Also I would like to contribute Verilog (or VHDL) if there's a need.
I hope I'm not offending anyone (especially one that has volunteered to help where I cannot) but who would own the Verilog/VHDL code/IP? So it is yours to give away I mean... The reason I'm asking is that when it comes to software some companies own all code that their employees produce so I'm wondering if it's the same with hardware.
Best regards
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