Part of the requirements for the MPW is that a design is OpenSource. If a design is created with Chisel, does the Chisel code need to be open or is it acceptable to open the generated Verilog?
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Anish
04/14/2021, 11:34 PM
It would very much go against the spirit of the shuttle to not open-source the Chisel code (the generated Verilog code is effectively obfuscated and almost useless to anyone trying to understand it)
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Matthew Guthaus
04/14/2021, 11:34 PM
Yeah I agree, but wanted to check. It's for a student project.
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FatsieFS
04/17/2021, 2:11 PM
This is for @Tim 'mithro' Ansell/Google to decide. But source code typically means the text you edit during development, e.g. the Chisel file.
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Matthew Guthaus
04/17/2021, 10:38 PM
Yeah, I told the student this and they are figuring out whether to open source it or change projects.
Matthew Guthaus
04/17/2021, 10:39 PM
The main challenge is that open sourcing may preclude publication in some venues.
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Riking28
05/08/2021, 11:36 PM
That's the political battle that is the reason for open source to exist :)