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config system: generalized mechanism for overriding Calypso chip version
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:09:53 +0000
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1 FreeCalypso original work
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2 =========================
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4 The present FreeCalypso firmware is a derived work based on TI's TCS211 and
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5 TCS3.2 firmwares. However, even though it is based on these two starting points
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6 from TI, our FreeCalypso fw is a software product in its own right, and is NOT
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7 merely a "hacked" copy of some TI firmware. The particular way in which we have
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8 combined and integrated pieces from TCS211 and from TCS3.2 to produce our
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9 TCS2/TCS3 hybrid, our meticulous source reconstruction of TCS211 L1 that
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10 originally came in binary object form, our completely new and original firmware
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11 configuration and build system, all of our new code that supports new board-
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12 level hardware targets that use TI chips but aren't TI's historical development
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13 boards, and all other significant new developments made in FreeCalypso
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14 constitute our own original work.
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16 All original work in FreeCalypso that is not directly traceable to some
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17 historical TI code component has been written by Mother Mychaela Nadezhda
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18 Falconia, and I refuse to claim copyright on this software work. I hereby
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19 immediately place this work in the public domain; it may be used, copied,
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20 distorted or destroyed in any manner whatsoever without further attribution
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21 or notice to the creator.
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23 Code pieces from TI
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24 ===================
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26 In the case of those code components which originate from TI, we did not get
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27 them *from* TI per se, instead we have found them freely on the Internet. I,
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28 Mother Mychaela, have made multiple attempts to reach out to TI, informing them
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29 about the existence of our FreeCalypso family of projects and what I am doing
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30 with their old abandoned software IP. I was not able to get any positive
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31 response from them in the form of support or help with obtaining those pieces
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32 of historical code and documentation which are still missing, but they have not
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33 taken any adverse action against us either; specifically, they never said
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34 explicitly that they object to what I am doing (producing and freely
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35 distributing my own Derived Works based on their abandonware IP), and they
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36 never asked me to stop doing so.
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38 Based on the fact that TI have chosen to not take any action against our family
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39 of projects despite being fully informed and having been given multiple
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40 opportunities to do so over the course of many years, we hereby make the
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41 reasonable conclusion that TI do not object to us using their fully abandoned
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42 and discontinued IP as if it were Free Software, and I, Mother Mychaela, shall
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43 continue doing the same for as long as I am alive and physically able.