-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > So, basically, I think the pins on a chip are a licensing boundary. > And it goes further. What if a company buys a bunch of TRV10 chips > and embeds them in a high end phone/pda that is otherwise a closed > design?
I'd say that's an entirely proper thing for them to do. If they don't sign a proprietary license agreement with Traversal, about the most they'd be obligated to do is include a URL in the product literature, pointing to the TRV10 documentation download site as a consequence of physically distributing a part received under an open hardware license. Embedded products are part of the TRV10's target market. From a strategic viewpoint, anybody who buys open-design hardware parts for any reason helps build up volume and bring down piece parts costs, and that helps all of us. Anything that increases the popularity of an open-design part helps our general credibility -- so we want the world to know where the part is used. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
