From: John Ackermann N8UR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] TAPR Open HArdware License -- Public Comment Period Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:11:58 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Thanks for that pointer, Dave; I ran across that link early on. > Unfortunately, that project appears never to have gone anywhere. Note > that the page was last updated in 2000! > > I also looked at the Freedom CPU license referenced there. It appears > to have been dead since 2000 as well. It appears to focus mainly on > semiconductor design, which raises a bunch of different issues (much > more like software and copyright) than traditional hardware. And, > unfortunately, the published draft is more discussion points than actual > license wording. (There may very well be a good reason to develop a > license for VHDL and similar hardware description works since they don't > totally fit into the software license model, but that's not what the OHL > tried to do.) Some projects have chosen to use the BSD license (or actually, BSD V2 license, without the advertisement clause) since neither GPL or LGPL matches firmware very well. I think BSD like in general is a good startingground when attempting non-software license issues (we have enought licensees on software to help confusing the hell out of things). One might have a look at the artistic license too. I'll have a more detailed look. I'm not claiming to be a walk'n-n-talk'n expert on various forms of licenses. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
