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A developer of Symbiflow toolchain once described Lattice Semi as very friendly and cooperative towards them [1]. I was wondering why they suddenly changed thei
by sreevisakh 6y ago
A developer of Symbiflow toolchain once described Lattice Semi as very friendly and cooperative towards them [1]. I was wondering why they suddenly changed their attitude. It may have been a clause that they introduced without giving much thought. Happy to see that at least one vendor has the right idea about tooling.
[1] https://youtu.be/0se7kNes3EU?t=1367 https://youtu.be/0se7kNes3EU?t=1367
- inamberclad 6y agoHackaday comments were hypothesizing that they outsource tool development to some other company.
- Tomte 6y agoWhy would they change an EULA clause for that?
- corty 6y agoTo signal potential open source contributors that there is no danger of being sued for their work. Too many vendors have used the fact or even just the accusation of reverse-engineering or other non-EULA-compliant behaviour to suppress OSS.
- Tomte 6y agoThat's a valid reason. But not what I asked. I don't see a connection to "outsource tool development to some other company". If I commission some work from another company, this company doesn't receive, modify or extend my software under the standard EULA. They do so under our contract.
- inamberclad 6y agoThe idea was that some outside company had a say in what went into the EULA.