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the point being ,its long been known that If your a Hardware vendor, and providing OSS as saleable/PR tick etc then you better be sure you know and understand the 3dfx legacy IP lesson.
and be sure to get co-ownership rights of all that OSS IP, or better yet get your in house developer's to write the core of that OSS IP code so you have a sell-able and long term Return On Investment, or even just the simple option to release that code under another licence as you please (leaving the small operator and end user to be your advocates as you keep them happier for instance)....
the point being ,its long been known that If your a Hardware vendor, and providing OSS as saleable/PR tick etc then you better be sure you know and understand the 3dfx legacy IP lesson.
and be sure to get co-ownership rights of all that OSS IP, or better yet get your in house developer's to write the core of that OSS IP code so you have a sell-able and long term Return On Investment, or even just the simple option to release that code under another licence as you please (leaving the small operator and end user to be your advocates as you keep them happier for instance)....
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