Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMO, the only concern about saying "it's a part of hardware" is that > you can redistribute the firmware while you cannot do the hardware. > this is the basic difference between hardware and software.
Depending on how you define the term, I suppose one can freely "redistribute" the hardware (give or sell it to someone else). The problem is that you can't easily make a copy. :-) -- joq
