On 8/23/05, Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Miller wrote: > > <snip> > > >>PCI Interface: Timothy has stated that this will be GPL from the > >>beginning as well. > >> > >>VGA Interface: Also currently to be GPL. > >> > >>Misc Interface and Glue: I expect this will be GPL'd as there are no > >>real useful (from a business point) secrets here. > >> > >> > > > >Not GPL. These three things are under LGPL. This way, nothing else > >is infected by the GPL. Things that I or anyone else want to link to > >them are not required to be released. > > > > > > > Yes, sorry, LGPL. I spent a bit of time reading the LGPL this evening. > Caveat here as needed: IANAL. The way I interpret is distributing an > FPGA bit file containing the above modules or an ASIC containing them > without also providing the source would fall afoul of section 6 of the > LPGL. This is mainly do to the nature of hardware vs software I think. > It is much harder to "re-link" hardware...
Providing the source to the module isn't a problem. But does the LGPL require that one provide the source to the whole chip? _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
