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  • Will the CFFA3000 ever be open-source?

    From KP@kjpmail@gmail.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:28:39
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    Back when Rich Dreher was making them, I bought a couple of the CFFA3000 cards. As time passes, and as I see that he is no longer making new CFFA3000 cards, I have started wondering whether perhaps he would ever consider releasing the source for the CFFA3000 so that others could make new CFFA3000 cards or so that others could make CFFA3000 FPGA cards.
    Does anyone know whether Rich has plans to release the source for the CFFA3000? Thank you!
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  • From David Schmidt@schmidtd@my-deja.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, April 26, 2021 11:22:02
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    On 4/25/21 2:28 PM, KP wrote:
    Back when Rich Dreher was making them, I bought a couple of the CFFA3000 cards. As time passes, and as I see that he is no longer making new CFFA3000 cards, I have started wondering whether perhaps he would ever consider releasing the source for the CFFA3000 so that others could make new CFFA3000 cards or so that others could make CFFA3000 FPGA cards.

    Does anyone know whether Rich has plans to release the source for the CFFA3000?

    Thank you!

    There's more copyright holders than just Rich on that project, so it's
    not just up to him. So the short answer is "probably not," but as the question has been asked many times in the past and never answered in the affirmative, I think you probably have your answer too.
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  • From Voltan@voltan@hawktheslayer.com to comp.sys.apple2 on Monday, April 26, 2021 20:42:44
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    On Apr 26, 2021, David Schmidt wrote
    (in article <s66lqq$pcd$1@dont-email.me>):

    There's more copyright holders than just Rich on that project, so it's
    not just up to him. So the short answer is "probably not," but as the question has been asked many times in the past and never answered in the affirmative, I think you probably have your answer too.

    That’s interesting , do you know who they are and what? Are we talking
    about the firmware?


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