Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oh, but it does. Having the source code to the firmware of my DVD drive > would allow me to remove some silly restrictions. I've even got software > that would allow me to reflash it. Now, you could make the argument that > if I bought the DVD drive then I've never agreed not to reverse engineer > the code in question. On the other hand, the documentation attempts to > claim that I have no right to do so, and if I installed the Windows > drivers they'd make me agree to do the same thing.
Yes, I was speaking earlier not of this sort, but of the unchangeable built-in kind of firmware. But the question still is: who is distributing it? We have a simple bright-line test, easy to apply fairly; if you want a new test, then please make the proposal in the proper place.
