I too wrote a TIS-100 simulator in C ( https://github.com/hthh/tis100sim ) - it's interesting to compare styles.
(I get a bunch of errors on OS X unless I change "CC=gcc" to "CC=clang", btw)
(I get a bunch of errors on OS X unless I change "CC=gcc" to "CC=clang", btw)
(Currently trapped in legal hell. I work for one of those annoying companies that claims ownership of everything I do, even in my personal time, so I have to get it cleared before I can push it to github...)
I added some extensions to allow one node to program another; the PROGRAM <dir> opcode resets the node in that direction, and it can then be fed a series of numbers which form the program. Once complete it starts executing.
With this, it ought to be possible to program an arbitrary network with programs from a boot ROM attached to a single node at the corner. It would have to propagate the distribution program through the network, which would then in turn propagate the program to the right place and reprogram each node in turn. Because a programmed node wouldn't contain the distribution program any more we'd have to start at the outer edge and work inwards.
I do wonder whether it would be possible to get real work done with this. I bet a node could be implemented in a tiny handful of FPGA gates.
I'm assuming the law is similar to Kansas Statute 44-130[0]
(d) Even though the employee meets the burden of proving the conditions specified in this section, the employee shall disclose, at the time of employment or thereafter, all inventions being developed by the employee, for the purpose of determining employer and employee rights in an invention.
[0]: http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2014/b2013_14/statute/044_00...
I had a long-drawn out conversation with Chris DiBona about this very question, and the answer is that it's very very murky, and most of the time -- even in California -- the corps can win.
Here's my output of `gcc --version` on OS X 10.10:
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0
Thread model: posix
gcc: warning: couldn't understand kern.osversion '14.3.0
gcc (GCC) 4.8.2
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.