Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-29 Thread Jon Elson
Matt Shaver wrote: > > It's possible that a "universal cnc peripheral chip" could be designed > and made this way: > http://www.mosis.com/ > > but I expect the cost benefit analysis would still favor FPGAs unless > considerable weight were given to libre philosophical requirements. > > No, much,

Re: [Emc-developers] Controlling EMC from a non-GPL application

2008-11-29 Thread Jeff Epler
There are two separate questions that seem to be asked in this thread. First, and what Paul seemed to be asking: Can someone distribute the binary firmware files such as pluto_step.rbf along with the corresponding source code and meet all the requirements of the GPL? Matt Shaver and I