Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>So would a web-based firmware loader, that never saved the firmware to
>>>disk allow the drivers to be in main?
>> Of course not. It's fetching software, then using that software.
>> ICQ software merely mentions messages, but doesn't use them.
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Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Henning Makholm wrote:
>> Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>>That would, however, cover firmware and wind up sending X to
>>>contrib. So maybe: ... iff it is stored on the local machine's file
>>>system.
>> That would be my *intui
Peter Van Eynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think I'm starting to understand your point of view. So _any_ use of
> the software without using non-DFSG data makes it free, right?
Any reasonable use. Printing out a "firmware not found" message
doesn't count!
> But what if loading the firmware
Peter Van Eynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> Peter Van Eynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>And now you consider it software just because the method of storage is
>>>different? How can the nature of the bytes change becau
Peter Van Eynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> Some firmware is part of the hardware. Some isn't. It's easy to tell
>> -- either it's in the hardware or it isn't. Of course, the name
>> "firmware" should m
Peter Van Eynde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> No; the hardware is damaged. No driver can drive that. The driver
>> you have is a driver for Foomatic Quxer cards. You don't have a
>> Foomatix Quxer; you have a broken pile of
Martin Waitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a PCMCIA card that lost its flash memory.
> So suddenly its driver became non-free?
No; the hardware is damaged. No driver can drive that. The driver
you have is a driver for Foomatic Quxer cards. You don't have a
Foomatix Quxer; you have a bro
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