[Open-graphics] VGA text mode C version

[Petter Urkedal]

On 2008-07-23, Timothy Normand Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Petter Urkedal <urkedal at nbi.dk> wrote:
> > Starting with your C code, it now looks quite manageable.  Using bottom
> > up coding, poll_pci() appears to be the first thing to implement.  So,
> > we need ports.
> >
> > I dug up a previous discussion
> > http://readlist.com/lists/duskglow.com/open-graphics/1/6252.html.
> > After trimming the long identifiers and incorporating your suggestion of
> > encoding byte enables in the lower part of the port address, I ended up
> > with the attached file.
> >
> > BTW, do we use MIT/X11 license for all HQ code?
> 
> For hardware, we want GPL.  For software that might get reused and
> reincorporated, we prefer MIT.  But this one's a little weird.
> Something GPL like, but with the ability to embed in something
> non-GPL.  LGPL?  But we need to be careful that this causes no
> problems for the BSD folks.

Is there a reason we shouldn't use MIT for HQ code?  My though is that
this code is really only useful for this particular microcontroller, so
maybe the GPL on the controller itself is sufficient protection?  If
someone rewrites the code for another controller, it's no longer covered
by our copyright, anyway.