On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:02:25AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > I would be much more convinced if I saw an argument from the > GPL-incompatible-firmware-is-OK side as to why the GPL prohibits > distributing linkages of GPL'd and GPL-incompatible code.
The interpretation favoured by kernel hackers is that anything that runs on the host CPU is part of the program, and anything that runs on the card is just data for the program to operate on. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
