Re: firmware or software? was Re: ITP plex86, if it complies to DFSG
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 12:03:02PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote:
> The VGA BIOS *is* run on the host CPU. I'd consider it firmware anyway,
> as it pretty much fits the dictionary description:
>
> Programming instructions that are stored in a read-only memory
> unit rather than being implemented through software.
Mmm, that sounds reasonable. I'm not sure what the best explanation
is now. Maybe there is no real issue, as long as the binaries (data files) are
freely distributable.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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