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SubjectRe: more files with licenses that aren't GPL-compatible


David Schwartz wrote:

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>>Now, this may open them up to reverse engineering, but so what.
>
>
> This would mean that they would have to permit people to modify the
> firmware, reverse engineer the firmware, and use the firmware with other
> products.


Them's the breaks. That's the risk you take any time you open up any IP
as open source. This is why nVidia and ATI (lately) do not want to
publish register references for their chips. This exposes things which
competitors might benefit from in some way (whether in engineering or
marketing).

How do you do open source AND protect your IP investment at the same
time? That's one of the tough issues with the GPL.

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