Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Your opinion (and I would generaly agree there) would be that the
pseudo source files released are not source as per GPLs definition
A lot of these BLOBs have been identified as ARM7 code, and generally
"thumb" (the 8-bit ARM instructions). They come from C or assembly
language, I bet mostly C. Various people have been able to identify the
processor that is used, just by comparing the code to well-known
instruction sets. If they wanted to take the trouble to encrypt the
BLOB, they'd put FLASH on the card.
If it is not [source] it can't be in non-free due to license violation.
That's why I say the BLOB should be in a file rather than the driver.
Have the driver send the file to the device. It's I/O rather than part
of the driver. Then, you can consider the license issues of the BLOB
individually from any other code.
Thanks
Bruce
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