Re: [myhdl-list] Proposal to change license of wwww.myhdl.org

[Christopher L. <loz...@fr...>]

> Let's see, what problem could that be?
MyHDL is not going anywhere fast.  Of course just this morning that 
lovely Spanish introductory python material showed up, as if to disprove 
my beliefs.  But the larger issues is still there.  The class libraries, 
the board interfaces, the test cases are just not there.    To be 
specific, it does not have the functionality I need to build my 
project.  And nothing visible is happening on the mailing list.

> Right from the start, you made it very clear that you were looking
> for a closed-source project.
That is not entirely correct.  I rather like the idea of the core being 
LGPL, meaning you are not allowed to make money reselling it.  I like 
the idea of the class libraries and content being more open, like Zope 
public libraries, meaning you are allowed to resell them.
> Actually, some went to work
> immediately with considerable efforts.
>
Let me correct you.  Chris Felton and Jan Coombs, did brilliant work, 
but we later learned we were working under different assumptions.

> There must be something in your approach
> that they dislike very much.
That is very clear to me.  There are those, Richard Stallman included, 
who do not like companies making money off their software, and so 
despite the good marketing name, "open source",  they close the source 
to commercial use.   Coming from the Zope community, I had not 
understood how strong those sentiments were.

But in this case, we have a problem, that MyHDL is not growing as fast 
as we would like, and furthermore, the class libraries and test 
harnesses are barely there.   They certainly do not meet my needs.

I am just pointing out a problem.  Please do not shoot the messenger.  I 
would appreciate it if those who agreed with my position would also 
speak up.

> The real question is how it is
> even possible to waste so much goodwill in such a small
> period of time.
I like the saying, "Hard on issues, soft on people".  Please let us stay 
focused on what it takes to build MyHDL into the thriving community that 
it deserves to be.  Let us figure out what strong medicine this weak 
patient needs.  I am sorry if strong medicine tastes bad.

Anyhow thanks for engaging in this discussion, and allowing me to 
express a different point of view.

-- 
Regards
Christopher Lozinski

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