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Frequently Asked Questions 1 About this FAQ 1.1 License This FAQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This FAQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 1.2 Contributors Damjan Lampret Rudi Usselmann Miha Lampret 1.3 Who is responsible for this FAQ? John Dalton. Send mail to faq@o... to contact the author about this document. 1.4 What is OPENCORES.ORG OpenCores is a loose collection of people who are interested in developing hardware, with a similar ethos to the free software movement. Currently the emphasis is on digital modules called 'cores', since FPGAs have reduced the incremental cost of a core to approximately zero. Activity is centered around the opencores web site (http://www.opencores.org). There is no formal affiliation between the people who make up opencores. They are a bunch of people who just happen to be walking in the same direction along a road. This is a dynamic group. People regularly join and leave. As a whole, the group progresses through the independent contributions of individuals. 1.5 What is the purpose of this FAQ? This FAQ covers all aspects of OpenCores. Use it as the starting point for any FAQ you have. If an aspect of OpenCores maintains their own FAQ, this FAQ will make the appropriate referral.