So, in the spirit of full disclosure, I'm a Texas Instruments employee. Like Mike, I'm not in a design group nor is it any part of my job function. I do however have tangential exposure to chip IP. As such, I have followed TI's internal procedures for letting my management know of my involvement to avoid any conflicts of interest and comply with our ethics guidelines. I am also very studiously avoiding the project while at work. Given that, I'm about as clean as I can get. :)
The rules do however vary from state to state and country to country. I would encourage anyone who might have concerns about their own situation to do some investigation. Patrick M --- Mike Matera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > Peter K > > _______________________________________________ > > Open-graphics mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
