RE: [PIC] Pickit 2 firmware available from the shipped C D

Actually Microchip will publish it according to a reliable source.

I am not a legal expert. Attached please find the notes in
some of the firmware source code file. Maybe it is better
to buy a Pickit 2 or wait for Microchip to release the
source code.

Regards,
Xiaofan

/*********************************************************************
 *
 *                Microchip USB PICkit 2 Bootloader
 *
 *********************************************************************
 * FileName:        main.c
 * Dependencies:    See INCLUDES section below
 * Processor:       PIC18
 * Compiler:        C18 2.30.01+
 * Company:         Microchip Technology, Inc.
 *
 * Software License Agreement
 *
 * The software supplied herewith by Microchip Technology Incorporated
 * (the "Company") for its PICmicro® Microcontroller is intended and
 * supplied to you, the Company's customer, for use solely and
 * exclusively on Microchip PICmicro Microcontroller products. The
 * software is owned by the Company and/or its supplier, and is
 * protected under applicable copyright laws. All rights are reserved.
 * Any use in violation of the foregoing restrictions may subject the
 * user to criminal sanctions under applicable laws, as well as to
 * civil liability for the breach of the terms and conditions of this
 * license.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED IN AN "AS IS" CONDITION. NO WARRANTIES,
 * WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE APPLY TO THIS SOFTWARE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT,
 * IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
 *
 * Author               Date        Comment
 *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Rawin Rojvanit     11/19/04      Original.
 * Steven Bible      2005-01-18     Adapted to PICkit 2
 * Steven Bible      2005-04-20     Version 1 Released
 ********************************************************************/

/*********************************************************************
 *
 *                  Microchip PICkit 2 Flash Starter Kit
 *
 *********************************************************************
 * FileName:        pickit.c
 * Dependencies:    See INCLUDES section below
 * Processor:       PIC18
 * Compiler:        C18 2.30.01+
 * Company:         Microchip Technology, Inc.
 *
 * Software License Agreement
 *
 * The software supplied herewith by Microchip Technology Incorporated
 * (the "Company") for its PICmicro® Microcontroller is intended and
 * supplied to you, the Company's customer, for use solely and
 * exclusively on Microchip PICmicro Microcontroller products. The
 * software is owned by the Company and/or its supplier, and is
 * protected under applicable copyright laws. All rights are reserved.
 * Any use in violation of the foregoing restrictions may subject the
 * user to criminal sanctions under applicable laws, as well as to
 * civil liability for the breach of the terms and conditions of this
 * license.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED IN AN "AS IS" CONDITION. NO WARRANTIES,
 * WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 * TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE APPLY TO THIS SOFTWARE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT,
 * IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
 *
 * Author               Date        Comment
 *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Steven Bible      2004-11-04     Initial Write
 * Steven Bible      2005-04-20     Version 1 Released
 ********************************************************************/

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [gnupic] [PIC] Pickit 2 firmware available from the shipped
CD


On Sunday 21 August 2005 11:13 pm, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> I just received the PICkit 2 from buy.Microchip.com.
>
> To my surprise, the firmware source code and the PC host application
> code (using Borland C++ Builder V6) are available in the
> x:\Unsupported directory (x is the cdrom drive).
>

What are the licensing restrictions? Can you legally make the firmware
source 
available for the rest of us to download?

Jeff