Hi John,

On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 06:35:16PM -0400, John Nall wrote:
>
> ... And why has Microchip put the source code for 
> C30 under the GNU license?  Inquiring minds want to know.

The reason for using the license Microchip did is because C30 uses a great
deal of code from GCC; a GPL licensed piece of software. Microchip had to
abide by the license or write their compiler from scratch (or find a
compiler with a more liberal license, or pay some money). Visit
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html> for links to more information.

If you write software this type of license my be useful to you (and other
people!).

Matthew.

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