I'm going to release the firmware and driver code once it's working. I was thinking of all that stuff to protect it but to be honest that's just is a hassle. I'm going to just trust that people will choose to support the vendors that kick back a small fee. Or even better maybe they'll mine a few hours for me by their own choice. I'll put the mine-to address out there when it's time. I'm getting a lot of help/support from forum members here and I think it's better to respect that by not having locked code at all.
Bravo for the effort and for the spirit. World surely need more people like you are.
24 hrs mining time donations would be fair thing to propose.
I'm down with that. Even if I go with a different product, as I think this should be rewarded. And a bit to the cgminer crew as well, since I intend to use their miner.