On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 03:32:44PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 05:19:56AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:08:50PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > i would say `its been done once, it can done again' > > > > > > Because only 3 person had the NDA and the access of not well done docs for it, > > > from which, i think only 1 is still actively working on apus, the hardward > > > company that made the boards went bankrupt some time ago and disapeared, and > > > other such stuff. So it is difficult for someone else to take this over. > > > > If this isn't an argument that firmware needs to be Free in the Free > > Software sense i don't know what is. > > Sure, but until there is someone who writes open firmware for it, we have to > make do with what exists, and that is an amigaOS written boot loader. well i stand by my statement of its been done once, it can be done again. there is a thing called reverse engineering. but the next time someone tries to tell you proprietary firmware is ok, there is no need for freedom there, tell them this story. Apple's broken OpenFirmware implemenations is another good example. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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