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SubjectRe: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL?
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On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 09:50 +0100, Stefan Smietanowski wrote:
> /*
> This file is under the GPL, yada yada
> */
> #include "things.h"
>
> void some_func(void)
> {
> does_something();
> }
>
> char firmware[]={0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07};
>
> void upload_firmware(void)
> {
> do_upload(firmware);
> }
>
> --
>
> Then it seems clear to me that the firmware is under the GPL because it
> is PART of the GPL'd file.


If you're right, then the "binary" of the firmware it's GPL, not the
source of the firmware, because that's what you have in this case :)

You can have that ? GPL the binary but not the source ? :)

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Cioby
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