2008/5/28 Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >. But do you care if you don't have to > flash firmware from the software, but rather it is pre-programmed into > the hardware. And what difference does it make, from firmware being > loaded at runtime, or flashed at the time of manufacture ?
When it is loaded at runtime, the manufacturer has the ability to modify but you don't have it. That is they restrict your freedom to modify while keeping theirs - does not pass on all the freedoms required by GPL. If it is pre-programmed into the hardware the manufacturer is not in a position to change it - so he is passing on all the freedoms he has got to you. Empowering user is what Free Software is all about (this may not be the case if you are talking about Open Source, which is about creating powerful and reliable software). Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
