Finding this one PCI core for $16000 and given this one guy's comment on osnews, it gets me thinking.
I've been thinking about releasing the PCI core under LGPL. It seems to me that it's a small part of a larger picture, so I didn't think about it too hard. But it appears that many people see PCI as a hard problem. I've done it before (64-bit, 66MHz on an ASIC (gotta get it right the first time) that was slower than the FPGA we're targeting). It occurs to me that we could make some money by releasing it under GPL instead. I don't believe there have been any outside contributions yet, but even if so, I would get not only permission first but also the approval of others involved in the problem. By releasing it under GPL, we can still share it under terms that FOSS people like. But for anyone who doesn't want to infect the rest of their design, they can pay for a proprietary license. The LGPL doesn't require that. The idea is to maximize the value of everything we have while still making sure the community has it every bit as libre as they want it to be. Comments? _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
