lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Oct]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]]
Hi!

> A company makes a new device that could run under Linux.
> This device uses some standard gate-arrays. Because of
> this, some gate-array bits need to be loaded upon startup.
>
> The company knows that if the competition learns that a
> gate-array was used, instead of an ASIC, the competition
> could clone the whole device in a few weeks, thereby
> stealing a few million dollars of development effort.


Since when is creating compatible hw called stealing?!
If this was such a big problem, nothing prevents you
from putting ROM with those magic bits... How much is
that? _5?
--
Pavel
Written on sharp zaurus, because my Velo1 broke. If you have Velo you don't need...

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:49    [W:0.065 / U:0.012 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site