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    SubjectRe: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL?
    #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.

    Regards,
    Eduard.
    --
    Wenn du einen verhungernden Hund aufliest und machst ihn satt, dann
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    und Mensch.
    -- Mark Twain (eigl. Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
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