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targets/fcdev3b.h: bring back CONFIG_TARGET_FCDEV3B C preprocessor symbol CONFIG_TARGET_FCMODEM is no longer used anywhere in our code base, thus it is being fully retired. OTOH, CONFIG_TARGET_FCDEV3B is being brought back: with our earlier FC modem family idea now being withdrawn in light of the discovery of Tango modules, FCDEV3B goes back to being its own unique target.
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20 All FreeCalypso GSM firmware offerings constitute Derivative Works under U.S.
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34 ==============================
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91 accessory for using the chips and has been so from the beginning, as the
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101 together with their chips, and use without TI-made chips would constitute theft
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102 of their work. We shall not provide any assistance whatsoever to anyone
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109 believe that our manner of using TI's firmware code is fully consistent with
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110 TI's original intent in the way it was developed and licensed, and is therefore
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111 fully lawful and not infringing in any way.
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113 FreeCalypso original work
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116 All code we got from TI dates from 2009 or earlier; absolutely no activity by
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117 any party took place between 2009 and 2013, and all new development from 2013
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119 that have been made within the context of FreeCalypso from 2013 to the present
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120 are the work of Mother Mychaela Nadezhda Falconia and are copyrighted as such:
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122 Copyright (C) Mychaela N. Falconia, 2013-2020, All rights reserved
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124 Changes and additions falling under Falconia copyright include all of the
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125 following:
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127 * The novel and innovative way in which components from TI's TCS211 and TCS3.2
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128 firmwares have been stitched together in order to produce our signature
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129 TCS2/TCS3 hybrid (resulting in firmware that runs on Calypso rather than
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130 LoCosto, yet at the same time is fully recompilable from source) is hereby
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135 code that replaces components which were previously available only as linkable
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136 binary objects) are Mother Mychaela's creative work falling under Falconia
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137 copyright. This category critically includes the tpudrv12.c time-based RF
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138 driver and the OSL and OSX components of GPF.
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152 Openmoko GTA01 or GTA02 modems.
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157 * All support for newer (post-TI) flash chips in FC Magnetite, FC Selenite and
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158 all future FC firmwares based on the Magnetite/Selenite line.
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160 * The mechanism for passing AT commands and responses over the RVTMUX interface
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161 is novel and original to FreeCalypso, likewise falling under Falconia
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162 copyright.
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164 * FreeCalypso-added AT@VPATH and AT@VSEL mechanisms for using the Calypso chip's
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165 MCSI digital voice interface for purposes other than just Bluetooth.
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167 * All other changes and additions to TI's code base that have been implemented
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168 in FreeCalypso since 2013 and through the present.
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170 License terms
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171 =============
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172
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173 For all FreeCalypso GSM firmware offerings that contain Falconia-copyrighted
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174 code and other changes and additions that fall under Falconia copyright, the
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175 following three (3) modes of usage are allowed without requiring any license
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176 fee payment:
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177
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178 1) Using FreeCalypso GSM firmware on Falconia-made FreeCalypso hardware: those
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179 who purchase FreeCalypso hardware products (board-level hardware) from
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180 Falconia Partners LLC, as well as any downstream possessors of these physical
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181 products under the first-sale doctrine, are hereby given a license to use all
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182 of our FreeCalypso firmware versions *on that Falconia-made hardware* for any
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183 purpose whatsoever, without restrictions on commercial usage, including the
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184 right to make any arbitrary modifications of your choosing to our code base,
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185 for as long as our firmware or any derivative works based on our firmware are
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186 used ONLY on Falconia-made hardware units.
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188 2) End user usage: in the case of those firmware configurations for which
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189 official binary end user releases are provided, downloading prebuilt
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190 official binary firmware images from freecalypso.org and installing them on
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191 the hardware they are intended for, including hardware models produced by
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192 manufacturers other than Falconia, is always permitted without any further
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193 conditions or restrictions. Please note that this permission applies ONLY
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194 to official FreeCalypso firmware releases; if you make any changes of your
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195 own to our firmware, then this permission no longer applies - instead you
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196 would need to qualify under one of the other two permissions.
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198 3) Non-commercial hobbyist tinkerer usage: personal hobbyists, tinkerers and
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199 enthusiasts are allowed and encouraged to play with our firmware as much as
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200 they like, including running the firmware on whatever hardware you like and
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201 making whatever modifications you like, as long as your usage is strictly
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202 non-commercial. Users in this category are considered to be peers and equal
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203 colleagues to the Mother, and will be given the warmest welcome in the
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204 FreeCalypso community. Any TI lorekeepers are included in this category and
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205 are most especially welcome.
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207 Restrictions on commercial usage
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208 ================================
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209
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210 There is one specific form of usage which is expressly prohibited without
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211 payment of a license fee: namely, for-profit commercial usage of FreeCalypso
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212 GSM firmware on non-Falconia-made hardware that does not fit under end user
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213 usage permission as defined above. Anyone who creates a derivative work based
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214 on FreeCalypso GSM fw, modified in ways which are not endorsed or approved of
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215 in any way by the Mother, and then uses that FreeCalypso-based derivative work
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216 as part of a purely commercial for-profit venture or enterprise must either buy
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217 FreeCalypso hardware from Falconia Partners LLC and limit their commercial use
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219 buy a commercial license (for a to-be-negotiated price depending on the exact
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220 nature of your commercial usage) from copyright holder Mychaela N. Falconia,
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221 allowing commercial use on non-Falconia-made hardware. Doing otherwise
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222 constitutes severe infringement on Mother Mychaela's copyright.
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225 intended to serve as a free giveaway or handout of tools or software components
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226 or any other materials to for-profit commercial entities, instead the ONLY
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227 parties to whom I (copyright holder Mychaela N. Falconia) grant permission to
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228 use my software and firmware on a "gift" basis (not requiring purchase of my
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229 hardware or a license fee payment in lieu thereof) are personal hobbyist
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230 tinkerers and end users as defined in the previous section. It is my natural
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231 right as the author of a highly creative work of many years to decide who gets
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232 to use it for free and who does not, and in my capacity as the rightful
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233 copyright holder I deem it so that if you use my work as part of any commercial
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236 entitled in my capacity as the copyright holder to require payment for such
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237 peculiar use of my creative work.
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239 Redistribution and derivative works
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242 For as long as I (Mother Mychaela) am alive, for as long as I contunue to
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244 long as the official FreeCalypso source code repositories at freecalypso.org
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245 remain up and publicly serving, reposting or redistribution of FreeCalypso GSM
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246 firmware source code via any other Internet sites is NOT permitted. Unaltered
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247 official binary firmware release images downloaded from freecalypso.org may be
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248 freely redistributed in any medium without restrictions.
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250 As far as derivative works go, the only parties who may legally produce such
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251 derivative works under the terms of the present license without payment of a
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252 commercial license fee are either non-commercial personal hobbyist tinkerers or
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253 lawful owners of Falconia-made FreeCalypso hardware devices. If you have made
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254 some modifications of your own to FreeCalypso GSM firmware and have done so on
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255 a strictly non-commercial basis, i.e., NOT in connection with any kind of
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256 for-profit venture or enterprise, and you would like to share your modified
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257 version with other non-commercial hobbyists, enthusiasts or tinkerers, then I
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258 am very much open to such sharing, but you MUST contact me first to work out
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259 the details. This contact requirement is unfortunately necessary in order to
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260 deter predatory and exploitative for-profit commercial misuses of the work.