25 Apr
2013
25 Apr
'13
9:24 p.m.
On 04/26/2013 12:08 AM, Mouse wrote:
It wasn't intended as such. Here:
"If you don't want to type a few lines of gibberish to get the free stuff
that you'd otherwise have to pay thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars
for, then don't. Type the gibberish, pay the money, or do without."
And as others have pointed out, you don't actually even need to register.
>>>
http://opencores.org/project,mcpu
>> What a lie. This is not open. I have to register.
> Oh good lord, yes you have to register, get over it.
Wow, what a cogent and convincing argument. Personally, if it's what I expect it is - a bunch
of VHDL-or-equivalent
describing various interesting things - the biggest pragmatic issue I
would have with the data is that, however open it itself may be, it's
unusable without going through undocumented - closed - software and
hardware, as far as I can tell. At least, last time I recall seeing it
discussed here, there apparently were no documented FPGAs. (I probably
would have other pragmatic issues with it, but they're not related to
openness or lack thereof.)
The name is also rather unfortunate; I've noticed a distinct
correlation between having "open" in the name and actually being closed
and proprietary, to the point where I usually interpret "open" as
referring to customer pocketbooks.
"OH MY GOD I HAVE TO TYPE SOMETHING TO GET FREE STUFF, HURRRR!"
So don't go get the free stuff, then. Good heavens. Some people get WAY
too uppity about friggin' NOTHING.
Hence: "Get over it".
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA