DM42 is now open-source!

[BarryMead]

(04-21-2018 06:52 PM)Manolo Sobrino Wrote:  I don't think going over the same issues in this forum helps to solve this problem, which concerns nobody else but Thomas and SwissMicros. No news is good news, this is a technical hurdle (or a series of them) and possibly there are a few compromises that need to be discussed and agreed upon among all interested parties (you know, the actual interested parties) in order to keep this product alive.

I think this issue does affect the whole open source community. The purpose of the GPL licence is that the "Public" be given access to the source. We are "Excited" and "Enthusiastic" about the development of these products, because we can see that the user contributed calculator community as a whole will greatly benefit from both the Swiss Micros hardware (DM42) and the open source software (Free42). Like kids asking their parents for hints about what's in their Christmas Present packages we are anxiously awaiting news of progress toward this important achievement. I look forward to the day when I can buy a DM42 with full source code so that it can be expanded upon and improved by all members of the community. When people get "Excited" and "Enthused" it is only natural that they "Talk" about it in forums such as this. Also we are not going over the "same" issue, we are asking for an "update" on the source code release announcement. According to the original announcement the source code release is overdue, so we think it is reasonable to request that Swiss Micros amend the original announcement to include a more realistic source code release timeframe.