gnupic: Re: [gnupic] [PIC] Pickit 2 firmware available from the shipped CD
Subject:
RE: [gnupic] [PIC] Pickit 2 firmware available from the shipped C
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From:
Chen Xiao Fan ####@####.####
Date:
23 Aug 2005 01:08:08 +0100
Message-Id: <3B8AEFFADD3DD4118F8100508BACEC2C07F774B4@spex>
Actually Microchip will publish it according to a reliable source.
I am not a legal expert. Attached please find the notes in
some of the firmware source code file. Maybe it is better
to buy a Pickit 2 or wait for Microchip to release the
source code.
Regards,
Xiaofan
/*********************************************************************
*
* Microchip USB PICkit 2 Bootloader
*
*********************************************************************
* FileName: main.c
* Dependencies: See INCLUDES section below
* Processor: PIC18
* Compiler: C18 2.30.01+
* Company: Microchip Technology, Inc.
*
* Software License Agreement
*
* The software supplied herewith by Microchip Technology Incorporated
* (the "Company") for its PICmicro® Microcontroller is intended and
* supplied to you, the Company's customer, for use solely and
* exclusively on Microchip PICmicro Microcontroller products. The
* software is owned by the Company and/or its supplier, and is
* protected under applicable copyright laws. All rights are reserved.
* Any use in violation of the foregoing restrictions may subject the
* user to criminal sanctions under applicable laws, as well as to
* civil liability for the breach of the terms and conditions of this
* license.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED IN AN "AS IS" CONDITION. NO WARRANTIES,
* WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
* TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE APPLY TO THIS SOFTWARE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT,
* IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
*
* Author Date Comment
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Rawin Rojvanit 11/19/04 Original.
* Steven Bible 2005-01-18 Adapted to PICkit 2
* Steven Bible 2005-04-20 Version 1 Released
********************************************************************/
/*********************************************************************
*
* Microchip PICkit 2 Flash Starter Kit
*
*********************************************************************
* FileName: pickit.c
* Dependencies: See INCLUDES section below
* Processor: PIC18
* Compiler: C18 2.30.01+
* Company: Microchip Technology, Inc.
*
* Software License Agreement
*
* The software supplied herewith by Microchip Technology Incorporated
* (the "Company") for its PICmicro® Microcontroller is intended and
* supplied to you, the Company's customer, for use solely and
* exclusively on Microchip PICmicro Microcontroller products. The
* software is owned by the Company and/or its supplier, and is
* protected under applicable copyright laws. All rights are reserved.
* Any use in violation of the foregoing restrictions may subject the
* user to criminal sanctions under applicable laws, as well as to
* civil liability for the breach of the terms and conditions of this
* license.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED IN AN "AS IS" CONDITION. NO WARRANTIES,
* WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
* TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE APPLY TO THIS SOFTWARE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT,
* IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
* CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
*
* Author Date Comment
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Steven Bible 2004-11-04 Initial Write
* Steven Bible 2005-04-20 Version 1 Released
********************************************************************/
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff ####@####.####
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:35 PM
To: ####@####.####
Subject: Re: [gnupic] [PIC] Pickit 2 firmware available from the shipped
CD
On Sunday 21 August 2005 11:13 pm, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> I just received the PICkit 2 from buy.Microchip.com.
>
> To my surprise, the firmware source code and the PC host application
> code (using Borland C++ Builder V6) are available in the
> x:\Unsupported directory (x is the cdrom drive).
>
What are the licensing restrictions? Can you legally make the firmware
source
available for the rest of us to download?
Jeff
