Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:30:25 +0100 (CET) | | From | Giuliano Pochini <> | | Subject | RE: License question |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, David Schwartz wrote: > > > Since their code is C++ I already rewote everything in C, but it > > also contains the binary firmwares which I can't rewrite. That's > > why I asked you about the license. > > Then you have another problem. You can't place something under the GPL if > you don't have the source code to it.
This issue was raised on the list a few months ago. Someone's opinion was that the firmware is not executed by the same processor that runs Linux, thus it's data, not code. Uploading a firmware is like printing an image on the screen. Anyway I can upload the firmware from userspace. On most (but not all) cards I only need the firmware at startup, so I also save memory. Some cards also have an ASIC which must be loaded. That data is not code because it's not executed.
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