On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:35:37 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I emailed microchip last week asking for COM interface information =
needed to
>implement a COM wrapper around Xwisp (or some other programming tool) so
>that MPLAB can drive it. They mailed be back this morning:-
>
>"The MPLAB IDE COM interfaces are proprietary Intellectual Property and =
are
>only released after a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is in place and a
>business review has been performed.  To start the NDA process, please =
put
>together a business proposal and send it to..."
>
>Which I though was a little dissapointing. NDA-protected IP is unlikely =
to
>be releasable Open Source :(
>
>
>Now I will have to contemplate reverse engineering :O
>
>Jon

I never cease to be amazed by this sort of  rubbish that big companies =
come out with - what could
they possibly lose by making this information generally available.....=20

Might be worth talking to your local FAE, who may know who to contact to =
get things moving.=20
The reply you got may just be a stock reply to deter timewasters.

I'm not sure that NDA and open source are incompatible - the NDA is =
likely to only cover any
documentation they send you - I've never seen an NDA that would cover =
code written using info
disclosed under an NDA.=20

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