On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:28:38PM +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Unfortunately to compile the source code to a bitstream, things get
> very proprietary. For Xilinx, you have to install their proprietary
> compiler, Vivado. It's not just proprietary but it has node-locked
> licensing so it's user-hostile too.
So this is a binary blob that cannot be rebuilt with Free Software, and thus
not allowed in Fedora.
We ship firmware so this is not (necessarily) true.
Rich.
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