Re: LCC and blobs

[Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu>]

Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> writes:

> Henning Makholm wrote:
>> Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net>
>>
>>>That would, however, cover firmware and wind up sending X to
>>>contrib. So maybe: ... iff it is stored on the local machine's file
>>>system.
>> That would be my *intuitive* understanding of how the mail/contrib
>> difference works.
>>
>
> So would a web-based firmware loader, that never saved the firmware to
> disk allow the drivers to be in main?

Of course not.  It's fetching software, then using that software.  ICQ
software merely mentions messages, but doesn't use them.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu