On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:22:06 -0700, you wrote:

>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.

Maybe they are using a GNU compiler, but a Microchip proprietory =
code-generator/optimiser.

One of these days a microcontroller maker will figure out that they might=
 sell a lot more chips if
they had a free or really cheap C compiler.=20

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