Oli Glaser wrote:
> I thought that under the terms of the GPL it was not legal to charge
> for the code under that license but legal to charge for the cost of
> distributing it or something along those lines (not sure what it says
> about "unreasonable" distribution charges though)

I thought the requirement was to provide the source code in buildable form
for free.  Last I looked there weren't any restrictions on what you can
charge for fully built versions or anything else as long as someone can get
the code and build it for free.

> I'm sure they have covered themselves legally, but legal doesn't
> always equal ethical - the folk discussing it on the thread seem to
> think it
> was maybe a bit "cheeky", though as I said, I would have to look more
> closely to come to any conclusion.

I don't see anything unethical.  If you don't like the pre-built deal, go
download the source and build it yourself.  Nobody is stopping you.
Microchip is only providing a additional alternative for those that think
it's worth it.  What is unethical about that?


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