Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262220AbTEHXGI (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 19:06:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262221AbTEHXGI (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 19:06:08 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:61833 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262220AbTEHXGH (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 May 2003 19:06:07 -0400 Subject: Re: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues. From: Alan Cox To: root@mauve.demon.co.uk Cc: "Adam J. Richter" , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200305081826.TAA04803@mauve.demon.co.uk> References: <200305081826.TAA04803@mauve.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052432390.13551.40.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 08 May 2003 23:19:51 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 18 On Iau, 2003-05-08 at 19:26, root@mauve.demon.co.uk wrote: > So if you've got a CPU, that you have to load the microcode into before > fully booting, you can't run linux on it natively, unless the CPU maker > provides full microcode source? I guess it would depend on the circumstances and how its distributed > And when is a binary a binary, and not a string constant? When is a book a collection of words, when is it a collection of ideas, when is it a collection of bitmaps - same question and copyright law mostly doesn't care. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/