Neil Wyper wrote: > On 1/17/08, Vitaly Luban <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Steve Underwood wrote: >> >> Well, the new devices work OK with Windows. For Linux I need to change a >> bunch of threading stuff that has been added to the TI library code, to >> it works with pthreads. They've introduced threading in the most recent >> versions of the code, to better support EEM. >> >> Steve >> >> Steve, >> >> Don't you see that does not work? You did not let me to access that code >> couple of years ago, I spitted >> on TI and completed my project using Freescale. Recently we abandoned >> Renesas exactly because their >> policy w/respect to development tools is similar to yours. Who lost? Me? >> Not to the slightest! It's you >> (TI) who lost sales and design wins. >> >> What are you guarding there by hiding this code? From whom? You are not >> freakin Green Hills, you're >> supposed to be making money selling chips, what great deal of sense does >> it make to ban people from >> developing tools for your silicon on their own and do your job for you? >> >> Vitaly. >> > > I don't think you understand Steve's role. My understanding is that Steve > is a volunteer with no relationship with TI except an non-disclosure > agreement. That NDA has allowed him access to TI's JTAG interface specs > and the ability to develop GDBProxy, but prevents distribution of the > source to GDBProxy. > > I agree with much of your rant against TI, but I don't think Steve should > be > the recipient of the complaints. He provides an excellent service to the > community, and deserves our appreciation for those efforts. Closed source > GDBProxy is a nuisance, but this is due to TI's policy, not Steve's work. > He has made many contributions to GCC, and released all of those sources > under the GPL.
Well, I don't really know who's exactly who on this story. But, Vitaly, before flaming and blaming anyone please, inform yourself who's really to blame. I think Steve has done a great work with his support to mspgcc. We need to make sure who we rant on, because free and volunteer work needs a lot of support and this includes moral support. Regards, -- Raúl Sánchez Siles
