On 7/18/07, Paul Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not sure. Because it's not an OGD document, it's just a datasheet of
> > one of the many parts used by OGD1. The question is that if we can
> > legally redistribute that document (or even put in on our website).
>
> I would say that the Website is not really possible (way too public)
> but on a CD together with OGD1 shouldn't be a problem at all.
> We are distributing a development enviroment and hence the customer
> needs full documentation of all parts to develop his device.
> Thus it's also in the interest of SI that we give our customers the
> documentation they need.
Will that CD and documentation be available to third parties? Will it be
possible to redistribute the contents of that CD?
If not then this seems somewhat contrary to the goals of the OGP.
I can see this becoming a problem. In essence, we're just going to
have to work around this as best we can. Obviously, we can document
the pads on our board and their function, we can provide all the
Verilog code that controls the chip, and anything else that is
relevant to using the transmitters. They're relatively passive
devices, so the information we can provide openly (because it's our
stuff), should usually be enough. But in those cases where someone
needs additional documentation, we'll have to find a way to either
legally forward you a copy of the spec or simply make statements of
fact somewhere that answer the questions.
I suspect that this will be a semi-regular sort of problem we have to
deal with, and we're just going to have to try to be as helpful as we
legally can. Naturally, we'll always select parts that have docs
available, but if a manufacturer decides to change their minds (isn't
this what always happens?) then we'll just have to do our best.
--
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project
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