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The way that Atmel might feel about their CPU being used in an FPGA
device does relate to IP; so I think 'way, way off-topic' might be
overstating your case.

My personal opinion is that making money from royalties is problematic.
I appreciate that this view might upset people who earn their living
this way.

As the open-source software model proves, it is possible to make money
from the creation of a free product - where people offer and market
their services (i.e. their time) to earn a living.  I'm sure this model
can - and will - be adapted for other markets.

If you'd like to continue this discussion without polluting the board,
feel free to email me privately.

Luke

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 16:57 +0000, ecros_technology wrote:
>   
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Luke Whitmore <lwhitmore@...> wrote:
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> > ... If something takes a certain
> > amount of time to create, the
> > author should be paid for the
> > service rendered - not for coming
> > up with the idea first.
> 
> That's completely wrong-headed, but since it's way, way off-topic, I
> invite you to do a bit of research yourself to figure out why every
> country in the world offers strong incentives for people and
> corporations to come up with new products and processes.
> 
> Graham.
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