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Yup - this will finally clear any doubt...

Yup - this will finally clear any doubt...

Posted Nov 10, 2010 7:28 UTC (Wed) by Los__D (guest, #15263)
In reply to: Yup - this will finally clear any doubt... by lxoliva
Parent article: FSFLA: Linux kernel is "open core"

Then I guess you'd taint any device that we don't have complete HDLs for?


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Yup - this will finally clear any doubt...

Posted Nov 10, 2010 7:34 UTC (Wed) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

don't forget the requirement for the installation tools for the software, so that would mean that they would not only have to provide you with the HDL for the chips, they would also have to provide you with the ability to produce a modified chip and put it on the board.

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