On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 23:29 -0400, Matthew Glenn Shaver wrote: > [a bunch of stuff, some of it wrong]
After a long discussion on IRC where I argued the case for the Pluto firmware being proprietary and non-redistributable & everyone else taking the other side, I have come to the preliminary conclusion that the Pluto firmware is OK to keep in CVS: 1. The restrictions placed on use & distribution of MegaCore Functions are not applicable as none of this Altera IP was used in the Pluto design. Therefore the copyright notice pre-pended to the .qpf and qsf files erroneously referred to that non-applicable license. 2. I argued long & hard that the .qpf & .qsf files, because they contained Altera specific parameter names could be considered to belong to Altera. However, it was explained that these files contain only configuration data which is completely defined in literature freely downloadable from Altera's web site (for example http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii52001.pdf ). Therefore our responsibility to abide by export restrictions, or to keep the names and format of these configuration parameters confidential is relieved. 3. The .v files are Verilog source, written by and licensed under the GPL by Jeff Epler. 4. The .pin and .srf files are diagnostic output from the Altera design software. The .pin file lists the pin number to signal name relationship, and the .srf file contains some error messages from the design tool. Neither file is particularly remarkable and they are only informational in nature. 5. The .rbf file is the actual bitfile which is clocked into the fpga at init time (power up). Since this contains only IP generated by Jeff in the Verilog source files, it can be redistributed with his permission (implicit in the GPL notice at the head of the .v files). If there are any further concerns about files in this directory, or any other, please let us know. Thanks, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
