Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 May 2003 23:19:51 +0100 |
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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.
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