Submitted by “Giano is a framework for the full-system simulation of arbitrary computer systems, with special emphasis on the hardware-software co-development of system software and Real-Time embedded applications. Giano includes both software models for CPU, I/O, busses and memories, and HDL simulators. Full source and a number of full-systems examples are included.”
Although I don’t have a particular fondness for MS commercial work, Research is always interesting with things like Singularity and F#. And this.
The only bummer is the wording of the license, which includes this wonderful gem in the Microsoft Research Shared Source license agreement:
Sure, create something awesome that uses this. Just don’t expect to not get hit up for a patent licensing fees, if it takes off.
Actually, thats not that bad. If you have a sane understanding of “derivative work”. Which, unfortunately, is an issue even when applying the more popular GPL/LGPL licenses.
But still, thanks for releasing it. It will be fun to play with.