-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Smith wrote:
> Timothy Miller wrote: > >> We want to give something to individual users. We do NOT want to >> give anything to big corporations that want to benefit from our >> work without giving anything in return. > > > I assume that you're not worried so much about FPGA-based products, > but rather about a company spinning their own ASIC based on your > RTL. If your RTL is GPL'd, they can do that. A solution is to use > a license that does not permit commercial redistribution. The > license could be otherwise similar to the GPL. Technically it > wouldn't qualify as "open source", but it would be close enough for > anybody not trying to use your own RTL to compete with you. Ah... Yes it would qualify as open-source. This is exactly what the LGPL does for TrollTech and Qt. You can download the code, use it as you wish in any GPL product, and give you apps away, BUT as soon as you want to use it commercially (i.e. to develop a program that is closed-source and you're selling) then you are required to PURCHASE a license from Trolltech to do so. H -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCgcVJ/3QXwQQkZYwRAqUxAKCgdPWsWSwfB8Ox9fvOZ0REbNrR1QCggtjL B+YMpzi2yyVk6d7Dg3Hka9g= =FsXz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
