Re: [myhdl-list] New MyHDL Tutorial Available.

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

On 04/13/2011 05:32 PM, Andrew Stone wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
>
> Please explain what you mean by:
>
> "So the course material is not strictly open source.  By contributing
> to it, you are allowing me to make some money off of it."
>
> Please state what the license to the course material is.
>
> There has never been any requirement that nobody make any money off
> open source!  So I think that your argument to keep it closed source
> for that reason is weak.  For example people can use OSS in their
> daily jobs, include it as part of selling products, teach courses on
> it, write books, consulting, etc.
>
> If your idea is that since this course material is closed source,
> then only you (or people who license the course material from you)
> will be able to use it to teach courses, then I shall certainly
> retract my offer to test it on the Lattice Brevia XP2.  And
> regardless of the goodness that you are currently bringing, shall
> heartily wish that you find another endeavor.
>
> However, I don't think that it would come to that.  Just open-source
> the course material.  If and when myHdl becomes popular, you'll have
> plenty of paid opportunities as the author of the course.  After all,
> who would you pay to hear a lecture about myHdl from: Jan D. or me
> :-).
>
> Frankly, if you keep it closed source, you are simply inviting a
> competitor.  Once you've created a market for training classes,
> consulting, etc, someone else will make a completely separate
> open-source course and rapidly overtake your course in popularity due
> to its somewhat "free" nature.  The value is not in the actual course
> material...the value is in the generation of the market.  Fortunately
> that cannot ever be cornered because of the OSS nature of myHdl.
> Your best strategy is to dis-invite competition by open-sourcing your
> training material.
>
> Regards, Andrew

Andrew:

Thanks for these convincing arguments in favor of open source
solutions. I fully agree, and I hope people will develop MyHDL
training material along these lines.

Jan

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Christopher Lozinski
> <loz...@fr... <mailto:loz...@fr...>>
> wrote:
>
> I am pleased to announce a MyHDL tutorial at http://MyHDLClass.com
>
> Thank you Christopher Felton for all the hard work, and more
> importantly for getting it done so quickly.
>
> I think that this demonstrates that MyHDL is evolving very rapidly.
> The conference was over just 4 days ago.  Just watch!
>
> We invite you to read and download the material, and go buy a board.
> http://www.dsptronics.com/
>
> There are some other boards that people have committed to supporting
> shortly.
>
> I particularly invite you to edit the course material.  If we all
> make a few edits, in no time at all, there will be a rich deep and
> wonderful course.
>
> Let me talk a little bit about the business model.  We had a
> business model.  Jan Decaluwe was using MyHDL and consulting.  Things
> were not moving very fast.  There was a perception of a one man show.
> We all appreciate what he did.  We now have a new business model.
> MyHDL is still open source material, but we have a class to offer,
> and charge people for.  My intention is to offer that class at the
> upcoming DAC conference, and use the proceeds to support a booth
> there.  The booth is not that expensive.  What is expensive is
> engineers time to man the booth.   And there are a lot of FPGA trade
> shows around the world to exhibit at and travel to.
>
> So the course material is not strictly open source.  By contributing
> to it, you are allowing me to make some money off of it. Basically
> that will go to pay for my time, and trade show space.  This should
> allow MyHDL to grow much faster.   It is now easy for people to
> invest in MyHDL, because they know that things are happening very
> fast, moving at light speed.
>
> So please thank Christopher Felton for all his hard work, or better
> yet, go and order one of his boards. Please order one of his boards.
> Please.
>
> And try out the course material.
>
> And if you want permission to edit the course material, just send me
> an email. Also let me know if you want to sign up for the class.
>
> -- Regards Christopher Lozinski
>
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