OT: A call to arms (sort of)

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Tue Jul 6 17:07:26 1999

At 09:34 PM 7/6/99 +0100, Tony wrote:
>I was taking 'Open hardware' as being roughly equivalent to open-source
>software. We don't call an OS 'open source' if all you get is a
>description of the API (even though it allows you to write programs to
>run under it).
>
>The equivalent to 'source code' for hardware is the schematics/PAL
>equations/...

And as I invented the term in this thread I get to confirm that Tony is
using the correct definition :-) "Open Hardware" is hardware that is
documented well enough such that anyone can recreate it from the
documentation. This includes VHDL specs, PAL equations, etc.

--Chuck
Received on Tue Jul 06 1999 - 17:07:26 BST