[asterisk-dev] Asterisk Appliance?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

----- Denis Smirnov <ds at seiros.ru> wrote:
> Sun T1 (Niagara) GPL'ed

Not quite. First, according to the Sun OpenSPARC web site, nothing has yet been released, and when it is, it will be under 'an OSI-approved license'. There is no mention of the GPL.

Second, what they are open sourcing is the Verilog design of the CPU and the associated tools. The actual implementations they manufacture (the chip masks, etc) are most definitely not open source. That means if you want to produce the same CPU, you can use their Verilog as a starting point, but you will have a LOT of work to do to make an actual functioning and manufacturable processor that meets the design specifications.

In other words, yes, it is (or will be) an open source design, but the chips that Sun produces and sells are _NOT_ open source.

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Kevin P. Fleming
Senior Software Engineer
Digium, Inc.