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18 years agoHello,
IP cores and some Megafunction uses encrypted source files rather than precompiled libraries. You can't read them but the Quartus compiler can. Probably Altera provides a tool to encrypt source files exclusively to IP development partners. In other words there is no way to prevent disclosure of your HDL sources except license agreements with your customer. Regards, Frank