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Meyers Musings : Corporate Arseholery At Work (the MBA wankers are at it again)

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MadTux:
Just unpacked a cute ispMach4256 dev board that I had lying for a while to start a small project and realized no more software  |O. Fuck them!!!
Somebody should crack that fricking IspLever Classic and upload it to Piratebay and friends.

Maybe somebody can upload a licence from back in time, when it was essentially free to use?
 From what I've heard, it only checks MAC adress and time, for that 1 year period. Both things that could easily be spoofed on a VM. Removing that crap with a crack would be the nicer solution though.

luzotug:
Yes Marty, with $600 per year you're better of jumping in a DeLorean ;-)

It's a PITA but it's probably not a good idea to upload an expired licence, the big corporate will be able to track down from whom the licence came from.

It has been said before and I agree, the licence is probably not for the Lattice stuff per se but for all the third party tools (synplify, active-hdl) and Lattice don't want to support the cost of those licences anymore.
In the long run, it's best to have a truly free and open source toolchain, there is already one for the ice40 fpga, we need one for the ispMach4000 cpld too.

test2:
I came across this text that came out of a "license.dat" file and it seems to make my installation of "ispLEVER_Classic2_0" work. It worked "as is" without the need to to change the "HOSTID=ANY" text. I am using winXP.


FEATURE BASIC_ALL lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 0EC5CE7AE0DE
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_STARTER lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 73224EA033EB
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_BASE lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 9CE97753891C
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ANY_PAC lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted DCF4E89B41D1
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_PAC_STARTER lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
93096E4F2DD0 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_PAC_SYSTEM lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted BF10B454B18D
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_DUMMY_FEATURE lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
A0265D023D6F HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE 0100 lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 841224FE9639
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE 0200 lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted C47123FB9538
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE 0300 lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 9EF02EFCB437
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE 0400 lattice 7.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted C4372DF99B2E
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED lattice 8.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 1C47C70A6ACA
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_DSP lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
CAA8BAA7C278 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_FLXMC lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
6B082DACDAA5 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_LSCDR lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
17865366C30E HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_LTSSM lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
8B6A3666E0EA HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_MCTL lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
7AF5C1DCD5B6 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORCA lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
9EA3C938B4C7 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORLI10G lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
0BB1D333EF42 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORSO42G5 lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
AB9147E09AC1 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORSO82G5 lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
B37D4BDCA6C5 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORSPI4 lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
BC81D9589AFD HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORT42G5 lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
A8267218E893 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORT82G5 lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
901A5E24E897 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_ORT8850 lattice 9.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
2645BEDC38F6 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_PCI lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
28737B9BA88B HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_PCI_MACO lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
2C481E792E16 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_PLUS lattice 8.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
5D3951FEC095 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_SPI4 lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
A3823192B587 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_ADVANCED_SPI4_25LLM0 lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted
738E4582A946 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_CLASSIC lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 275097B247D1
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_DIAMOND_A lattice 10.0 01-jan-9999 uncounted 4AAED9D8068E
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_SYNPLIFY lattice 10.000 1-jan-9999 uncounted 8E52C4F86F30
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_SYNPLIFYPRO1 lattice 10.000 1-jan-9999 uncounted
411DD7556BA8 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_WARRANTY lattice 10.000 1-dec-9999 uncounted F4620A8B6EA0
HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_CONTROL_INCFLOW lattice 10.000 1-dec-9999 uncounted
31EC2B26739A HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_fir_comp_e3_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
3152599ADCC0 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_fir_comp_pm_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
B7EFE0974E39 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_fir_comp_x2_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
67F56168DBE8 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_tri_sdi_e3_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
F8A64B04F058 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_nco_dds_x2_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
C1AA8E1D7667 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_nco_dds_e3_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
9B026E1CD069 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_nco_dds_pm_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
A634E3068684 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_cic_filtr_x2_ipe lattice 10.000 31-dec-2025 uncounted
5B57318F70B9 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ts_mac_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
61EB65B1A0D2 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ts_mac_pm_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
D20AAE91B0E8 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ts_mac_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
5B995171A8CD HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr2_p_pm_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
B40D56D40196 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr2_p_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
40B2EFD40975 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr2_p_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
593E07CC1180 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr_p_pm_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
79B8888680FF HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr_p_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
891CE3B07807 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr_p_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
D659459B93EC HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pci_t32_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
AB5CF3E89F26 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pci_mt32_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
9C75314C842C HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pci_t64_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
21E7F1ED7D2E HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pci_mt64_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
F98938497F31 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_edge_det_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
2E22250B008C HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_edge_det_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
C623531BFD9E HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_csc_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
666536384764 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_sgmii_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
DCD0672C4833 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pcie_x1_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
307A9A056686 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_pcie_x4_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
A940A1006389 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_ddr3_p_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
80BEE8D6FE76 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_scaler_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
44335B509C22 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_scaler_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
34658B6C9425 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_divide_e3_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
003943ABF469 HOSTID=ANY
FEATURE LSC_IP_divide_x2_ipe lattice 10.0 31-dec-2025 uncounted
8BC9A567EC6E HOSTID=ANY

xjordanx:
It might be too much to hope for in the near term but I think what we all need is the FPGA / CPLD equivalent of RISC-V.

A truly open-source HARDWARE architecture in SILICON for programmable devices, that can be customized with building blocks and follows an open free industry standard for programming, fitting, optimization etc.

As you said, like GCC, but open down to the gate / synthesis level, so any silicon vendor can make them (or we as a community of users can group-buy) and then anyone can write the software to program them (or adapt existing OSS flows with Icarus etc.).

I'm also a capitalist, and want to make good money, and money does make the world spin whether it's in the hands of capitalists or governments - no system is ever going to be perfect. That said, I'm also not an open source zealot (not even close) however I do see the value in this idea and would love to see it come to life in future, as it has with RISC-V. I think there'll always be room for closed "specialized" devices but we also need something open.

My 2c...
/Ben J.

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