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Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware



Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> In cases like hte NLSU thingy, the firmware goes to include the whole linux +
> userland stack on top of whatever they use for booting, since it is held in
> the flash of the board.

Wow.  I thought that "doesn't run on the main CPU" was entirely
indefensible.  It hadn't occurred to me that there is a definition
which is even *worse*: "runs out of NVRAM instead of DRAM."

Thomas





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