Re: [ng-spice-devel] RE: Collaboration on spice3f5 GPL (fwd)
Manu Rouat wrote:
>
> Paolo Nenzi wrote:
> >
> > This is the message Newton sent me. It is promising but I am not sure
> > about the time of the GPL conversion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paolo
>
> (snip)
>
> Ok I think that things are going in the right way, don't you guys think?
>
> BTW, is there anyone on this list that is physically at UCB? A face to face
> conversation of one person of the ng-spice team with Newton could make
>things
> move real fast.
>
> manu
Hello,
I've been lurking on this list for a while now. I live in silicon
valley, about 45 miles from UCB. I would be willing to meet with
Proffessor Newton if it would help things out. I'm _REALLY_ interested
in seeing a viable set of free CAD tools available for IC development.
As I write this, Cadence is stuck thrashing my disk because I tried to
load a small file containg some state variables for my simulator.
Considering the obscene licensing fees we pay, I am rather dissapointed.
Anyway, as I said I would like to see this develop but I haven't
looked at any of the code yet so this is a way I could help out. I
realize that many of you may be uncomfortable with the idea of a
relative stranger making the face to face meetings with Newman, and to
be honest, I am a little nervous about this too. However, if there is
no one else in the area, I would be willing to get input from everyone
here and work with that.
By the way, I do think that the GPL is the way to go on this one. In
my opinion, there are few other cases where there is such a strong case
for GPL projects than the IC CAD field. Exorbitant licenses lock out
all but the best funded of groups from getting tools. On top of that,
most of these simulators are based on SPICE!!
Well, let me know what you think
Matt
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