No, that's not true. If some company creates a compatible copy of a microchip controller, their license prohibits the use of the header file with this copy.
Maarten > As the hardware addresses have no utility other than for mchp hardware, > it would follow that the license is not the issue. > > ps. if mchp's goal is to preserve or manage the truthfulness of "if > you're > making money, we want to make money", then since "if you're not making > money, then we're making money" is also true, there's really not likely > to be a rational objection. > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Borut Razem <borut.ra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 03/30/2011 11:20 AM, Raphael Neider wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> >> I am curious if there is any interest in GPL+LE/LP pic/pic16 headers? >> > Well, yes! >> > >> > I just want to inform you that, IIRC, Microchip recently offered half >> a >> > year or maybe a year ago (I believe after Borut asked them?) to >> somehow >> > publish their device descriptions in some kind of XML database for use >> by >> > gputils/sdcc/whoever. >> > This would probably not solve the licensing issues towards making the >> > files (L)GPL'able (not sure what license would be possible), but it >> would >> > be an alternative source of data, e.g., for verifying your results. >> > Unfortunately, I have no idea as to if or how or where said XML >> database >> > is available already. >> > >> >> Yes, I exchanged several e-mails with them.They said several times that >> they'll give us access to the XML pic device database, but this never >> happened. But anyway, the pic .h and .c files, produced from the their >> XML database wold have the same legal limitations as the current ones, >> generated from MPASM include files: they can be used only for chips, >> produced by Microchip. So no GPL. >> >> I think the correct way to produce the GPL .h and .c files is directly >> from the documentation, as Wes suggested. But even for this approach I'm >> not sure if it is 100% legal. Has anybody take a detailed look into the >> documentation if there is a statement which prohibits such actions? >> >> Borut >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Create and publish websites with WebMatrix >> Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; >> WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and >> publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf >> _______________________________________________ >> Sdcc-user mailing list >> Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user >> > > > > -- > http://www.google.com/profiles/john.douglas.pritchard > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > Sdcc-user mailing list > Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
