Re: [oc] Inquiry

[Marko Mlinar <markom@opencores.org>]

> *  Secondly, supposing you wanted to release your FPGA's source code.
> How would you do it?  Would you provide your customer a floppy of the
> FPGA's source?  Include it in a tarball with your software images (if
> you distribute software)?  And what would your customer do with it?  I
> suspect that he would think you were a lunatic if you gave him several
> directories of raw Verilog on a floppy.

Just a quick note:
there are various companies listed on the OC website, which offer support 
and/or guidelines in case customer wants more than a floppy.
For most this is still probably cheaper than buying a new core and still have 
to pay for the support.

Maybe it would be a nice way out if these companies would take over the 
licensing and guarantee the usage. I am pretty sure that this is the case 
right now, but maybe we should clarify it out? Maybe that would help 
companies (especially big ones) to reduce possible business/licensing risks.

best regards,
Marko


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