michael123 wrote:
> Since nobody is working on the transporter firmware, why not release it
> into public domain?

That is not a realistic request. Sean and Dean talked in the past about
making the firmware be under an Open Source license. But the sticking
point is that the firmware needs a special compiler and linker, and the
license for that costs solid five figures. So they thought that no one
would spring for a legal license, so there was no reason to release the
firmware source code.

I have worked on other embedded systems, and expensive tools are
frequent in the business.

-- 
Pat Farrell
http://www.pfarrell.com/

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