If Swiss Micro could release...

[Dave Britten]

(02-24-2016 08:44 PM)Steve Simpkin Wrote:  Regarding *possible* firmware copyright status of earlier (prior to 1984) HP Calculators:
http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/microcode_...ht_status/

Then there is the last "news" for this site from 2008:
"23-AUG-2008: Voyager calculator models have been removed in release 0.79 due to licensing issues."
http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com/

I am not sure what to think of the copyright status of these earlier ROMS.

Very interesting. Always wondered about the licensing (or lack thereof) on these old calculator ROMs with regards to emulators and clones. If it's fair game by law, then more power to 'em, I say.

Does the current (or any post-1984) iteration of the 12C or 15C LE bear appropriate copyright notices to afford it protection, and can it gain that protection retroactively by doing that? Not that this question needs to be extensively researched or anything; just idle curiosity.