I think that the context matters. In the case of an external consultant being asked to sign an NDA (whether prematurely or otherwise), Eric S Raymond presents some compelling arguments on why and how NOT to sign them.
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2394
The core is written entirely in synthesisable Verilog RTL. Synthesises to about 700+ Slices at around 150MHz on a Spartan6. (minus h/w division and modulo)
Swimming (and drowning) at the software-hardware boundary.
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Work involves swimming and drowning at the software-hardware interface. Home of the smallest and fastest 32-bit multi-threaded embedded microprocessor core.
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Swimming (and possibly drowning) at the software-hardware interface. Projects will largely involve building an ecosystem around the world's smallest and fastest 32-bit multi-threaded microprocessor core.
With a web-app like this, I would be concerned about IP issues. Half the industry is banking on IP unless they are open-source like the OR1K. Otherwise, a proprietary house might be hesitant to upload HDL code even if it is over a secure SSL connection.
For simulation with Icarus Verilog, it might be possible to upload the compiled VVP binary. You can sell your computing power as a utility (ala cloud computing) and help people save cost from buying an expensive server and save time from having to wait days for results.
For FPGA selection, I personally doubt that your tool would be that useful because this decision is primarily dictated by the cost of parts - rather than the specific features. The hardware business is very cost-driven. What you can do is to provide customers with the ability to perform synthesis over multiple architectures for the purpose of 'testing' that their code works on them all.