[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 05:50:29PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> So, following from this why you think that the motherboard firmware >> (the BIOS, which can be reflashed by users) or the CD reader firmware >> (which can be reflashed as well, with the right tools) and e.g. a >> modem firmware are different? > >You're asking why I think "can be flashed, but works just fine without >being flashed" is different from "won't work without being loaded"? > >Fundamentally, the latter case forces us to not ignore it. The equipment >won't work if we ignore the issue.
So you say that non-free software is OK with you as long as you can pretend it's not there? Which part of the policy or SC justifies this theory? -- ciao, Marco