[SI-LIST] Re: Public domain IBIS models
- From: Russell Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxxx>
- To: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:35:36 -0700
> Can you explain, as there appears to be some confusion on the definition of
> public domain models on the list. That I say based on a few private email
> interactions I have had.
>
> I think it would be worth clarifying / reclarifying for the list.
Public domain, as in releasing any claim of copyright. Works with a
retained copyright but a permissive licensing scheme (BSD, MIT, etc)
would also work. An example of that type of licensing scheme would be
the one that IBM often uses in code that it distributes through the
IBIS Open Forum:
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Code.
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> Also what is you specific interest or requirment in public domain IBIS models?
To distribute as part of a test suite and with example circuits.
> Sincerely,
>
> Admin at @PristineSignals
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxxx>
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> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:47:35
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> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Public domain IBIS models
>
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Russell Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Are there any public domain IBIS models? I'd like to distribute a few
>> IBIS models as part of example circuits and test cases, but I have not
>> found any models that grant redistribution rights.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I found: http://www.vhdl.org/ibis/samples/
>
> There appears to be one file that has 2 sets of rising/falling
> waveforms and is complete:
>
> http://www.vhdl.org/ibis/samples/ver4.1/cmos_3_state.ibs
>
> However, this is also one of the few files that doesn't waive
> copyright. Since it was generated for BIRD 75, I'm guessing that Bob
> Ross wrote it. Any chance of getting clarification on the copyright or
> lack thereof for this IBIS model?
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