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From: Graham Seaman<graham@o...>
Date: Fri Aug 3 15:11:04 CEST 2007
Subject: [oc] GPLv3 usable for open HW
>As far as I know the world's most successful open source designs are for
>SPARC-derived processors, and all the Leon chips, OpenSparc etc are
>under versions of the GPL.
[rih] SPARC itself isn't released under a GPL license,
[GS] I wrote OpenSparc, not Sparc:
http://opensparc-t1.sunsource.net/gpl_v2.html
[rih] and the newer LEON processors aren't released under a GPL license either (LEON V3 is).
[GS] I thought Leon 3 was the latest? It's certainly still the flagship on the
front page:
http://www.gaisler.com/cms/
and it is gpl
> So the distinction isn't in what's usable, it's in what the author's intentions are.
[rih] Yes, of course. I want my cores to be used, so ... ;)
[GS] Well, I guess if you have the fame and lack of patent problems of Sparc
then you have the freedom to pick your license...
Best
Graham
PS I've rejoined from my current mail address but for some reason it's not
working, nor will the system let me cancel my subscription from the old
address. So I'm cut and pasting bits in a convoluted way to get round it,
apologies if I'm messing up peoples threading readers..
Richard
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