Re: Social Contract GR's Affect on sarge
"Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org> writes:
> Firmware is a component of hardware. Also processors uses microcode to
> work. So, do we are wrong in calling that 'hardware'?
Real firmware is as you say. But "loaded on demand" is not a
component of hardware any longer.
> Again, the separation among hardware and software is damn tiny in modern
> electronic.
For free software purposes, the test is easy: If I wanted to change
this, could I? If I wanted to distribute my modifications, can I?
Is what restricts me from doing these things only my lack of source
and licensing permission?
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