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From: Günter Dannoritzer<dannoritzer@w...>
Date: Sat Apr 15 00:35:13 CEST 2006
Subject: [oc] kindly convert opencores cvs repository to subversion (svn)
J.C. Wren wrote:> That would seem to pretty much defeat the purpose of calling it "Open
> Cores". I have tinkered around with a number of the cores out there,
> from implementing them in toy designs (I am not a professional VHDL
> developer), to just learning how a particular function is done. To have
> to email an unresponsive author just to browse the code is not just a
> bad idea, it's insane.
>
The question is where you put the emphasis on. Do you focus on the taker
or the giver? OpenCores only works if you have giver, than you can have
taker. I don't think it is insane if the giver has a right to chose.
But let me clarify something. My idea is to have additional features
that allow a developer to chose what happens with its code. This does
not rule out that the developer says everyone can access it as it is
now. Probably most people would do that anyway.
There are cores hosted that other companies charge thousands of dollar
for. Why not give those developers a choice?
I don't think that a community like this can afford to have potential
contributors like Rudi walk away without caring about it.
This email feature was only an idea. I am just trying to think about a
way to encourage more contribution and keep contributors happy. One
would be to give a developer more options to chose from.
What are your ideas about getting more contributors to this community
and how to make them stay?
Cheers,
Guenter
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