Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? | From | Dumitru Ciobarcianu <> | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:43:28 +0200 |
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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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