Mentor Graphics acquires CodeSourcery assets

CodeSourcery pulled the GPL version of VSIPL++, which was apparently funded via the DoD, when that funding dried up. Although Mentor Graphics say that they are interested in OSS, they say nothing about whether they will revive the dual license for VSIPL++.

CodeSourcery's toolchain is, well, a toolchain. It's good, yes, but there's no shortage of high-quality toolchains for Linux. It's amazing how many there are and how few of them are documented anywhere. On the other hand, there's extremely few good signal-processing libraries of any kind.

This isn't to say I don't care about their toolchain. Variety, especially in the embedded arena, is quintessential where the diversity in hardware makes life difficult. I'm merely more interested in what they have that's unique.