• # Le «Bad buzz» ça sert !

    Posté par (site web personnel, Mastodon) . En réponse au journal Lattice et l'open-source, la fin d'un rêve ?. Évalué à 10.

    Lattice a vu le bad buzz monter ces dernier jours.

    Hé bien vous savez quoi ?

    Ils ont bien réagit en supprimant la clause \o/

    Le message sur twitter :

    Thanks for pointing out a new bitstream usage restriction in the Lattice Propel license. It is not our intent to hinder open source tools. See http://www.latticesemi.com/FileExplorer?media={26E903C5-25C7-41AC-873C-27A8D6CED778}&document_id=52956 re an updated license. We are excited with the open source community’s FPGA achievements and their potential.

    Et sur linkedin:

    To the open source community, thank-you for pointing out a new bitstream usage restriction in the Lattice Propel license. We are excited about the community’s engagement with Lattice devices and our intent is to not hinder the creation of innovative open source FPGA tools.

    You can log into the Lattice website and check out the updated license text at http://www.latticesemi.com/FileExplorer?media={26E903C5-25C7-41AC-873C-27A8D6CED778}&document_id=52956. Please note that the license text is also replicated during install, and the new text will be available in tools available for download early next week. Thanks again for the feedback.

    Le chapitre de la license en question :

    e. Licensee shall not distribute, copy, transfer, lend, incorporate, modify, use or sublicense the Software or any Modules for any purpose except as expressly provided herein or as otherwise permitted under relevant law, or in advance by Lattice in writing. In particular, no right is granted hereunder (1) to use the Software or any output of the Software to program or develop designs for devices or semiconductors other than those of Lattice Semiconductor itself or (2) for purposes of benchmarking or competitive analysis of the Software with respect to any other software or programmable logic design tool.

    Bon il reste toujours l'interdiction bizarre (et qui n'a aucune valeur juridique) de faire du benchmarking de leur soft.

    C'est une bonne réponse de Lattice. L'employé(e) du service juridique qui a voulu faire son malin a peut-être chaud à ses fesses maintenant ;)

    J'ai plus qu'une balle