From dave.taht at gmail.com  Wed Aug 14 13:25:31 2024
From: dave.taht at gmail.com (Dave Taht)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:25:31 -0700
Subject: [Cerowrt-devel] two fpga ethernet libraries
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https://hackaday.com/2024/08/14/a-really-low-level-guide-to-doing-ethernet-on-an-fpga/

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From dpreed at deepplum.com  Wed Aug 14 18:16:41 2024
From: dpreed at deepplum.com (David P. Reed)
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:16:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Cerowrt-devel] two fpga ethernet libraries
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Thanks! Very cool that these guys are publishing designs.
I worry they might get sued, though - so much of this stuff is patented requiring licenses to use the techniques.
They don't call digital circuit designs "IP" for nothing. We are so much better off in the software world, where we have relatively few "software patents", and use copyright on code.
The biggest difference between copyright and patent IP is that if you don't "copy" code, you never need to worry. With patents, you can conceive of and implement something, then get sued for infringement.
Both are problematic, but patents can be the devil's spawn.


On Wednesday, August 14, 2024 13:25, "Dave Taht via Cerowrt-devel" <cerowrt-devel at lists.bufferbloat.net> said:

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