jana1972@centrum.cz wrote:
> Alex ,
>
> What do you mean by=20
> "
> I was shocked to see the Raspberry Pi
>  people were allowed to publish a datasheet
> "
> ?
>  =20
Afaict Broadcom have always been a very "closed" company. AIUI the=20
partial datasheet they published for the Pi guys may very well be the=20
first datasheet they have every published publically.

Maybe this is a start of a gradual opening up from them, maybe it was=20
just a special favor for the Pi project. Only time will tell.

> Do you mean it is not possible to sign NDA with Broadcom?
>  =20
I haven't tried personally but my understanding is they won't agree to=20
let you access datasheets (even under NDA) unless you come to them with=20
a buisness proposal that entails selling large volumes of devices based=20
on their chips and they accept it.

> As to Raspberry, I think some people from the foundation are employed wit=
h Broadcom.
>  =20
Indeed they are.
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