26 Apr
2013
26 Apr
'13
10:59 a.m.
On 04/26/2013 12:49 PM, Mouse wrote:
A very strange example for somebody who cares about
open-ness to pick...
They are about as viciously proprietary a dinosaur as you can get.
Exactly. They are, however, well-respected (in suitable circles, which
is an equally necessary caveat for any such statement). I was citing
them _because_ they are, as you put it, viciously proprietary - I was
trying to point out that being "a very well-respected organization" is
not particularly relevant to actual openness.
My point was, "these guys aren't assholes"...they want (but do not
require,
AFAIK) registration before you get their projects' stuff, but there's nothing
nefarious about it. (or them)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
> Opencores
is a very well-respected organization.
That, in itself, says nothing - it's
equally true of, say, Oracle.