Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:29:17 +0100 | From | Eduard Bloch <> | Subject | Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? |
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#include <hallo.h> * Stefan Smietanowski [Fri, Mar 26 2004, 03:19:38PM]:
> >Yes, the driver authors PREFERS to make the changes on the C source > >code, he never has to modify the firmware. Exactly what the GPL > >requests, where is your problem? > > But the firmware didn't appear out of thin air - someone wrote it > somehow. If that's using a hex editor or inside the C code doesn't
The GPL does not talk about the code to create things, but code to _modify_ things. If you never have to modify the firmware file, where is the point?
I do not see a big difference between firmware data stored in a flash rom inside of the hardware part and the same data loaded during the driver initialisation. In contrary, it saves money and makes things more flexible. You should thank your hardware manufacturer instead of bitching about bogus things.
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