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In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980904161431.144C-100000@lo-pc3035a>, Alex Buell writ es: +----- | Hmm... interesting points to ponder. Now that we've got GPL'd sourceware, | how about GPL'd motherboards and GPL'd processors? That is, a bunch of +--->8 Whatever happened to the "Free Hardware Foundation", which was doing just that (designing a motherboard which wouldn't be encumbered with proprietary licensing)? Unfortunately, I can guess: as soon as your design includes PCI you're up the creek. Intel has you by the short ones. (And just try selling someone on a motherboard that doesn't support PCI.) # # # I'd be half tempted to try running your design past the smart folks on the chip design side of Hamerschlag D level. (Who, me? I'm no chip designer; I compile software for 'em when I'm not installing systems for 'em. Naturally, they want Linux :-) -- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/faq.html | ||||||||||
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