Mauricio Jancic wrote:

> Just a question:
>
>         Why not give away the source code too?
>
> Just wondering...


Hi Mauricio and fair question:

I have several reasons that I'm not willing to defend against:


1) That's how I feel today. Tomorrow may be different.

2) Because I question the motives on the 'everything for free' mantra.

3) This is such a simple project that anyone can write their own version to
suit their taste.
   All it takes is time, and after all, it's only ones and zeros.

4) I would not even consider releasing source code on version 'v1.0.0' of
anything.
   I have not found any problems thus far, but I would not want to have
multiple versions floating out there.
   If I were to release anything, I would want it proved out first to ensure
the greatest stability.

5) I would like to have control over the source. If people start making mods
then it becomes a mess real quickly.
   I should not have to answer questions or spend my time on mods that other
people have done. My time is valuable to me.

6) The source as it stands right now is not up to my standards in terms of
'C language best practices' department. I sometimes code a bit differently
for personal projects than I do with projects for an employer. Since this
was coded for the PICC-Lite compiler, there was a lot of frequent changes to
fit into 2048 words of code spaces. The function header documentation
suffered in this regard. It's more of making the comments and documentation
'pretty' things than re-working actual C code (I've used 2047 out of 2048
words).

7) I've recently had a dishonest person not pay me the shipping cost on my
'Free PICs to a good home' offer I sent them a while ago and my trust factor
has not been restored to my 100% naive self yet.


I admit some of this is tongue-and-cheek; anyone who knows me personally
knows that I am a shankster so you have to take me with a grain of salt.


Best regards and take care Mauricio,

Ken Pergola

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