Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261405AbUCZV6D (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:58:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261358AbUCZV5y (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:57:54 -0500 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:17030 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261357AbUCZV5o (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:57:44 -0500 Message-Id: <200403262157.i2QLvdZw024024@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Eduard Bloch Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:29:17 +0100." <20040326142917.GB30664@zombie.inka.de> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20040325225423.GT9248@cheney.cx> <20040326131629.GB26910@zombie.inka.de> <40643BFA.1000302@stesmi.com> <20040326142917.GB30664@zombie.inka.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1630264508P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:57:39 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1113 Lines: 38 --==_Exmh_1630264508P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:29:17 +0100, Eduard Bloch said: > If you never have to modify the firmware file, where is the point? But if you never modify it... > In contrary, it saves money and makes things more flexible. = Why is flexibility a Good Thing? Personally, I'd prefer it burnt into a = ROM where I can't accidentally muck it up. Unless of course I see "flash a n= ew PROM image into it" as a desirable thing to be able to do... --==_Exmh_1630264508P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFAZKdTcC3lWbTT17ARAiWzAKCRQ/XBQVvhbggF6+XhnmQNiamEAACgglYC q85EgpsaBt5nD1f0kIQlcMQ= =CHby -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1630264508P-- - 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/