pfarrell;527584 Wrote: > Sean and Dean talked in the past about > making the firmware be under an Open Source license. But the sticking > point is that the firmware needs a special compiler and linker, and > the > license for that costs solid five figures. So they thought that no one > would spring for a legal license, so there was no reason to release > the > firmware source code.
One possible work around for the compiler issue is student licenses. Many companies offer those for free, for the duration of a course of study (6 months or so). There's usually a lot of restrictions on use though, and of course absolutely no commercial application is allowed. Sadly, I expect they would take a dim view on someone working on updates to the firmware of a commercial product... -- DCtoDaylight Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76496 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
