[sdiy] Microchip compilers now all free

[Adam (synthDIY)]

Free.. as in beer.

> On 9 Jul 2026, at 18:18, cheater cheater via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> 
> Free as in freedom?
> 
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM Neil Johnson via Synth-diy
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I see Microchip has finally made all of their compilers completely free:
>> 
>> https://www.microchip.com/en-us/tools-resources/develop/mplab-xc-compilers
>> 
>> Hopefully a good sign, rather than a bad one....
>> 
>> Neil
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