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Xilinx sends lawyers after an engineer teaching FPGA programming

Robert Feranec

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Robert Feranec explains how Xilinx sent lawyers after him for his educational FPGA programming videos.

Before Christmas I received an email from Xilinx lawyers. Wow, I do not have words on Xilinx behavior. They do not even bother to answer my emails and explain the situation.

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Xilinx sends lawyers after an engineer teaching FPGA programming
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As Xilinx user this makes me unhappy!
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