Re: A89: Re: Re: Re: Re: CORRECTION: Shift+ON


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Re: A89: Re: Re: Re: Re: CORRECTION: Shift+ON




Hello!
> 
> > Do you think that TIGCC will be actual at all after releasing
> > the SDK?
> 
> It definitely will, since the free SDK has an 8 KB app size limit, if I
> remember that right.  It might have been changed 24 KB since AMS 2.04 also
> has the ASM program limit changed to that value, but there would still be a
> limit inside the SDK.

Hmm... The (downlodable) SDK will most certanly be delivered with header
files. It shouldn't be too complicated to get these files to work with a
(perhaps modified) version of TIGCC. In that way you will get the best of
both worlds; official TI info combined with the flexibility and power of
gcc. 

> 
> I think that you can only get rid of that limit legally if you buy the SDK
> for a lot of money, and I don't promote illegal things.  My point:  The SDK
> cannot replace TI-GCC.

Since I live in Sweden, swedish law apply for me. In Sweden, regardless of
what the licence might state, I am always allowed to use any copyrighted
material in any way I want, as long as I don't distribute it. That is, I
can reverse engeneer as much as I want, despite the fact that most
licences state that I'm not allowed to do that. Swedish law also allowes
you to make copies for personal use, wich means I can give away copies of
any copywrighted materials to friends and relatives.

The conclusion is that it will be legal for me to use a modified version
of the official ti headers, along with a gcc compiler, to compile any
program for the ti89. Although it will not be legal to distribute the
modified header files, it will certainly be ok to distribute a small
script that patches the header files automatically.

//Jonas




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