On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 08:58 +0000, paul_c wrote: > Quartus does not qualify as a "major component", nor is it free, neither is > it's output - Please read Altera's T&C.
If we're in trouble, so is the GNU Radio project. As an example, if you download their latest version and look in the archive file at /gnuradio-3.1.3/usrp/fpga/megacells/ you'll find stuff that was autogenerated by Altera's tools. Also, in /gnuradio-3.1.3/usrp/fpga/rbf/ a lot of .rbf files are included in their project's distributed files, yet they don't distribute the development tools that produced them. >From the GNU Radio README: "# Compiling the verilog (not required unless you're modifying it) If you want to build the FPGA .rbf file from source (not required; we provide pre-compiled .rbf files in usrp/fpga/rbf directory), you'll need Altera's no cost Quartus II development tools. We're currently building with Quartus II 5.1sp1 Web Edition. The project file is usrp/fpga/toplevel/usrp_std/usrp_std.qpf. The toplevel verilog file is usrp/fpga/toplevel/usrp_std/usrp_std.v. The bulk of the verilog modules are contained in usrp/fpga/sdr_lib" I have to believe that if there was a problem with distributing these files then the FSF would not have given this project their imprimatur. Thanks, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
