Lpc2000

My sincerest apologies to Don Williams -- much to my embarrassment I can 
see how I misread your poster.  Please please ignore my remarks about 
"rhetorics" etc.

Nontheless, I am serious about my commitment to release source for my Intel 
format boot loader, or even just the flash library, if Philips will come to 
the party.

Jaya

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, I wrote:
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 > [ inappropriate lines deleted ]
 >
 > I use the LPC in ways the designers probably did not expect me to: a) I
 > have my own boot loader; b) I have my own flash library that does not
 > depend on need for CPU clock frequency at run time -- all it requires is
 > the crystal frequency to be known at compile time; c) and while I dont like
 > the awkward decisions Philips made about stealing away use of valuable pins
 > for its boot loader features, these are non-issues in my case because I do
 > not use their boot loader.
 >
 > I know there are people interested in my making the my sources public, and
 > I have no objections.  However I do not want to take on the risks
 > associated with being accused of commercial exploitation of knowledge at
 > someone else's expense.
 >
 > I am happy to publish source formally if I Philips is prepared to open up,
 > and say, fill in information that makes the my software not only work for
 > the devices I tested them on, but for the other devices as well.
 >
 > The last thing I want on my plate right now is to be burdened with having
 > to fix issues relating to processor variants that I or anyone but the
 > designers know about, and the designers keeping their mouth shut and watch
 > others argue and speculate to no end till the cows come home.
 >
 > I do not wish to engage in debatable experimentation and arguments.  Mind
 > you while those who debate are experts in their own right, we are all not
 > playing in the same field.  We will have our own biases as to what we
 > accept and what we challenge.
 >
 > [ more inappropriate lines deleted ].
 >
 > Jaya


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