Wouter van Ooijen wrote:

> Microchip has a new C compiler for these chips. It was decribed as
> 'GNU-based', yet uChip plans to sell the compiler for some $800. IMHO
> that is a contradiction, if the GNU license realy applies they will sell
> only one! Funny: the documentation for the compiler had the GNU open
> documentation license in an appendix, but the normal Microchip copyright
> at the first page, and no note that the GDL applies.

That is horrible - and not funny at all.  Please let the GNU folks know
as soon as you can since you've actually seen this personally, so they
can contact Mchip.  Both the "GNU-based" comments and the obvious
confusion about the documentation licensing show that there's something
else (probably very inappropriate) afoot at Mchip.

Licenses are EASY enough for ME to read, Mchip has a whole pile of
engineers, lawyers, and managers who could easily take the time to read
them too.  It's a very bad sign that they're becoming very lazy and
complacent if they're not even reading the software licenses or
documentation licenses of the software they're planning to sell as a
product for their own gain.

Nate, nate@natetech.com

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