From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:14:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: NLNet needs to be changed everywhere to NLnet X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?p=crowdsupply.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=49488f070b1c4163cc053d6b716c8c31b3aa999e NLNet needs to be changed everywhere to NLnet --- diff --git a/updates/019_2019jul16_purism_donation.mdwn b/updates/019_2019jul16_purism_donation.mdwn index df82c54..a03687e 100644 --- a/updates/019_2019jul16_purism_donation.mdwn +++ b/updates/019_2019jul16_purism_donation.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ We are delighted to be able to announce additional sponsorship by -[Purism](http://puri.sm), through [NLNet](http://nlnet.nl). +[Purism](http://puri.sm), through [NLnet](http://nlnet.nl). ### Purism Sponsorship As a social purpose corporation, Purism is empowered to balance ethics, social enterprise, and profitable business. I am delighted that they chose to fund the Libre RISC-V hybrid CPU/GPU through the -[NLNet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl/PET). Their donation provides us some +[NLnet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl/PET). Their donation provides us some extra flexibility in how we reach the goal of bringing to market a hybrid CPU, VPU, and GPU that is libre to the bedrock. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Purism deserves our respect and gratitude for this type of brave and strategic decision-making to kick the trend towards privacy-invading hardware "by default." -However, just as NLNet recognises, Purism also appreciates that we +However, just as NLnet recognises, Purism also appreciates that we cannot stop at just the software. Profit-maximising corporations just do not take the brave decisions that can compromise profits, particularly when faced with competition: it's too much. This is why @@ -186,13 +186,13 @@ is an enormous amount that we do not yet know, yet at the same time, never let that stop us from moving forward. A journey starts with a first step, and continues with each step. -With help from NLNet and companies like Purism, we can look forward to +With help from NLnet and companies like Purism, we can look forward to actually paying people to contribute to solving what was formerly considered an impossible task. It is worthwhile emphasising: any individual or corporation wishing to see this project succeed (so that you can use it as the basis for one -of your products, for example), donations through NLNet, as a +of your products, for example), donations through NLnet, as a registered charitable foundation, are tax deductible. Likewise, for anyone who would like to help with the project's diff --git a/updates/020_2019aug28_intriguing_ideas.mdwn b/updates/020_2019aug28_intriguing_ideas.mdwn index 182ff36..93837de 100644 --- a/updates/020_2019aug28_intriguing_ideas.mdwn +++ b/updates/020_2019aug28_intriguing_ideas.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Pixilica starts a 3D Open Graphics Alliance initiative; we decide to -go with a "reconfigurable" pipeline; seven additional 50,000 EUR NLNet +go with a "reconfigurable" pipeline; seven additional 50,000 EUR NLnet grant proposals submitted. ### The Possibility of a 3D Open Graphics Alliance @@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ It's a fantastic idea that will allow us to reconfigure the processor either to reach a 1.5 GHz clock rate for high performance bursts, or to run at 800 MHz in reduced-power mode. -### NLNet Funding Proposals +### NLnet Funding Proposals -The next step is to put in over half a dozen NLNet funding proposals. No, +The next step is to put in over half a dozen NLnet funding proposals. No, literally: [seven new proposals](https://libre-riscv.org/nlnet_proposals/), each for 50,000 EUR. One for gcc, one for a port of MESA RADV to the @@ -152,23 +152,23 @@ we have to watch out for there, is that it will be a bit of a monster, so power consumption is going to be high at 350 MHz. Still, for our first ASIC ever, it's just exciting to think that it's possible at all. -Regarding the NLNet proposals: we need people! In particular, we need two -EU citizens to come forward, to satisfy NLNet's backers' requirements -(thanks to [NGU.eu](https://ngi.eu), NLNet has received its money under +Regarding the NLnet proposals: we need people! In particular, we need two +EU citizens to come forward, to satisfy NLnet's backers' requirements +(thanks to [NGU.eu](https://ngi.eu), NLnet has received its money under the EU Horizon 2020 Programme), so at least one EU Citizen has to be part of the proposal. One for gcc, another for the MESA/RADV port. Please do contact me for details. There's no contract or obligation, because this is charitable donations. In addition, if anyone wants to receive tax deductible charitable -donations direct from NLNet for working on aspects of this project, +donations direct from NLnet for working on aspects of this project, do get in touch, there is plenty to do. Application reviews start in two weeks, we will hear from NLnet by December as to what has been approved, and will be able to expand the project scope around January 2020, which is just in time for FOSDEM2020. Also, remember, if you work for a corporation that could financially -benefit from this project being a reality, sponsorship, via NLNet, +benefit from this project being a reality, sponsorship, via NLnet, is tax deductible because it is a charitable donation. (Update: covered in a diff --git a/updates/021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn b/updates/021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn index 0a57d80..144e94b 100644 --- a/updates/021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn +++ b/updates/021_2019dec29_nlnet_grants_approved.mdwn @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ applications were put in, and around EUR 200,000 to 250,000 of those have been approved. The RISC-V Foundation's continued extreme unethical actions have led us to consider using Power ISA. -### NLNet Grants +### NLnet Grants -[NLNet](http://nlnet.nl) were first approached eighteen months ago, with +[NLnet](http://nlnet.nl) were first approached eighteen months ago, with an initial application to develop the core of a privacy-respecting trustable -processor. Whilst NLNet's primary focus of the past fifteen years has been +processor. Whilst NLnet's primary focus of the past fifteen years has been software, they have funded reverse-engineering for [Osmocon BB](https://nlnet.nl/project/sdr-phy/) and for [OpenBSC](https://nlnet.nl/project/iuh-openbsc/) so are no strangers to @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ single-core ASIC at around 300 to 350 MHz, suitable for use as a high-end embedded controller. Staf from Chips4Makers will act as the "NDA firebreak" between us and TSMC. (Side note: Staf ran a [Crowd Supply campaign](https://www.crowdsupply.com/chips4makers/retro-uc), -and the NLNet funding will help him to realise that project and +and the NLnet funding will help him to realise that project and perhaps re-start a new campaign for the Retro-uC one day). -All of these have been approved by NLNet, and, crucially, the external +All of these have been approved by NLnet, and, crucially, the external independent review process successfully completed for each. The exact amounts of each grant is to be confirmed, with each being possible to be up to the limit of EUR 50,000 for each sub-project. @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ and so on), these fields are so specialized that finding people who are good practical. Therefore, we made sure that the calculations were based around an approximate -EUR 3,000 per month budget per person, bearing in mind that due to NLNet's +EUR 3,000 per month budget per person, bearing in mind that due to NLnet's international tax agreements, this being donations, that's equivalent to a "wage" of approximately nearly twice that amount (three times if, as a business, you have to take into consideration corporation tax / employee insurance as well). We now need to find people willing to help do the work. What is -really nice is that NLNet will donate money to them for completion of that work! +really nice is that NLnet will donate money to them for completion of that work! Therefore, if you've always wanted to work on a 3D processor, its drivers and its source code, do get in touch. @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ controversial in it, and given his long-standing experience of several decades with the Libre and Open Communities, I cannot think of a reason why it would not be possible to sign it. We just have to see. -The timing here with NLNet is just on the edge: we have to create a +The timing here with NLnet is just on the edge: we have to create a full list of milestones and assign a fixed budget to each (then later subdivide them into sub-tasks under that milestone). This is a leeeetle bit challenging when we have not yet reviewed the OpenPower agreement, diff --git a/updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn b/updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn index 0d1f638..0f29bb7 100644 --- a/updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn +++ b/updates/022_2020feb14_openpower_eula_released.mdwn @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Several things in this update: the OpenPower Foundation released their EULA (which is really exciting); we had -a last-minute decision to go to FOSDEM to meet NLNet (and meet lots +a last-minute decision to go to FOSDEM to meet NLnet (and meet lots of nice people including someone from the EU Commission); we have new team members helping out (and making really good progress). Before we begin, however, we still have a high-priority task of -finding a C++/compiler developer for the NLNet-funded 3D MESA Driver +finding a C++/compiler developer for the NLnet-funded 3D MESA Driver project. EUR 50,000 is available, tax-free: [this thread](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-January/003302.html) describes the scope, where you're pretty much at liberty to choose the @@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ These problems only increase as EU grants get larger and more numerous, and it's a serious systemic flaw with the whole EU Grant system when it comes to heavily-technical projects. Consequently, due to their high level of internal expertise and dedication, the EU is extremely happy that -NLNet takes direct responsibility for ensuring that the money they've +NLnet takes direct responsibility for ensuring that the money they've been given reaches people who release actual free software people to improve real-world infrastructure for the benefit of EU Citizens (and incidentally the rest of the world). I had a brief chat with the person from the EU Commission. He was delighted to be able to see the sheer number of people involved and -being sponsored by NLNet. I had an opportunity to express some of my -concerns about NLNet's relationship with the RISC-V Foundation. He +being sponsored by NLnet. I had an opportunity to express some of my +concerns about NLnet's relationship with the RISC-V Foundation. He initially expressed puzzlement, because the EU is funding quite a lot of RISC-V projects, and none of them had any issues. I asked him a very simple question: "how many of those projects are simply @@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ the feedback we need to target the processor at an actual market. ### Other Stuff -The extra NLNet budgets are helping, as is the continued sponsorship +The extra NLnet budgets are helping, as is the continued sponsorship from Purism. I am beginning to get slightly overloaded with the managerial and bureaucratic tasks, combined with the "Engineering" tasks that, as is always the case, require 100% sustained week-long focus. Making all these things compatible is a challenge. -I still have to coordinate the NLNet tasks for each of the Memoranda +I still have to coordinate the NLnet tasks for each of the Memoranda of Understanding, at which point people can then get paid for completing the associated tasks. I can't quite get over the fact that -NLNet was happy to allocate such a huge amount of money to this +NLnet was happy to allocate such a huge amount of money to this project, it's amazing, humbling, and a huge responsibility. Also, we got word that the 180 nm tape-outs (one in March 2020, one in diff --git a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn index 4c6d08a..602036d 100644 --- a/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn +++ b/updates/023_2020mar26_decoder_emulator_started.mdwn @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Here's the summary (if it can be called a summary): * [Epic MegaGrants](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-March/005262.html) reached out (hello!) to say they're still considering our request. -* A marathon 3-hour session with [NLNet](http://nlnet.nl) resulted +* A marathon 3-hour session with [NLnet](http://nlnet.nl) resulted in the completion of the [Milestone tasks list(s)](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/buglist.cgi?component=Milestones&list_id=567&resolution=---) and a @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ has gone out [to the other team members](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/ to say a little bit about what each of them is doing. This also helps me because these updates do take quite a bit of time to write. -# NLNet Funding announcement +# NLnet Funding announcement An announcement went out [last year](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2019-09/msg00170.html) @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ developer, has this to say about coriolis2: This was the short version, with a much more [detailed insight](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-March/005478.html) listed here which would do well as a bugreport. However the time it would -take is quite significant. We do have funding available from NLNet, +take is quite significant. We do have funding available from NLnet, so if there is anyone that would like to take this on, under the supervision of Jean-Paul at LIP6.fr, we can look at facilitating that. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ The first step was to [learn and adapt coriolis2](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178) which was needed to find out how much work would be involved, as much as anything else, in order to be able to accurately assign the fixed budgets -to the NLNet milestones. Following on from that, when Jock joined, +to the NLnet milestones. Following on from that, when Jock joined, we needed to work out a compact way to express the [layout of blocks](http://bugs.libre-riscv.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217#c44) and he's well on the way to achieving that. @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ However once the lightbulb went on, Jean-Paul was able to get coriolis2's c++ code into shape extremely rapidly, and this alone has opened up an *entire new avenue* of potential for coriolis2 to be used in industry for doing much larger ASICs. Which is precisely the kind of thing that -our NLNet sponsors (and the EU, from the Horizon 2020 Grant) love. hooray. +our NLnet sponsors (and the EU, from the Horizon 2020 Grant) love. hooray. Now if only we could actually go to a conference and talk about it. # POWER ISA decoder and Simulator @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ specifically coded exclusively for Libre-SOC: like Berkeley softfloat itself (and also like the [IEEE754 FPU](https://git.libre-riscv.org/?p=ieee754fpu.git)) they're intended for *general-purpose* use by other projects. These are exactly the kinds of side-benefits for the wider Libre community that -sponsorship, from individuals, Foundations (such as NLNet) and Companies +sponsorship, from individuals, Foundations (such as NLnet) and Companies (such as Purism and Raptor CS) brings. # Kazan Getting a New Shader Compiler IR @@ -467,23 +467,23 @@ USD 250,000 pays for the mask charges that will allow us to do the 40nm quad-core ASIC that we have on the roadmap for the second chip. USD $1m pays for 28nm masks (and so on, in an exponential ramp-up). No, we don't want to do that straight away: yes we do want to go through a first -proving test ASIC in 180nm, which, thanks to NLNet, is already funded. +proving test ASIC in 180nm, which, thanks to NLnet, is already funded. This is just good sane sensible use of funds. Even USD $25,000 helps us to cover things such as administration of the website (which is taking up a *lot* of time) and little things that we -didn't quite foresee when putting in the NLNet Grant Applications. +didn't quite foresee when putting in the NLnet Grant Applications. Lastly, one of the conditions as I understood it from the Megagrants process is that the funds are paid in "stages". This is exactly -what NLNet does for (and with) us, right now. If you wanted to save +what NLnet does for (and with) us, right now. If you wanted to save administrative costs, there may be some benefit to having a conversation with the [30-year-old](https://nlnet.nl/foundation/history/) -NLNet Charitable Foundation. Something to think about? +NLnet Charitable Foundation. Something to think about? -# NLNet Milestone tasks +# NLnet Milestone tasks -Part of applying for NLNet's Grants is a requirement to create a list +Part of applying for NLnet's Grants is a requirement to create a list of tasks, each of which is assigned a budget. On 100% completion of the task, donations can be sent out. With *six* new proposals accepted, each of which required between five (minimum) and *ninteen* separate and distinct tasks, @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ as well as receiving that [important advice](http://lists.libre-riscv.org/pipermail/libre-riscv-dev/2020-March/005354.html) from both Mitch Alsup and Staf Verhaegen. -(Staf is also [sponsored by NLNet](https://nlnet.nl/project/Chips4Makers/) +(Staf is also [sponsored by NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/project/Chips4Makers/) to create Libre-licensed Cell Libraries, busting through one of the - many - layers of NDAs and reducing NREs and unnecessary and artificial barriers for ASIC development: I helped him put in the submission, and