Sun gaat de source code en cores van z'n PicoJava, Sparc en UltraSparc processors vrij geven onder z'n open source achtige Community Source Lincense. Nu hebben we dus ook al open source hardware!
Hier een stukkie info van The Register:
The picoJava source will be first to be issued to developers. It will be made available free-of-charge at the end of the month. Sun will release the chip's architecture specification, programming reference manual, instruction simulator and RTL files on its Web site.In the summer, Sun will add equivalent information and core designs for Sparc -- the UltraSparc date will be posted online by the end of the year.
Sun's Community Source Licence permits developers to use the company's intellectual property free of charge for evaluation purposes and non-profit making products. Royalties only accrue if products based on Sun IP make money.
