Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > > > >> Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > > >> > You can pull the chip from the socket, copy the contents to disk, > >> > and > >> > >> I probably can't. No good with that sort of thing. Software on disk > >> is software. Also, I could pull the Pentium off my motherboard, scan > >> its contents to disk, and open that in any editor I like -- right? > > > > Lots of people cannot write or modify C code, but we accept as free > > many programs that include C code. The user being inexpert in some > > technique does not render a thing non-free. > > But something being *not software* does render it *not software*.
I am not impressed by begging the question. The only basis in your email to claim it is *not software* was your (lack of) aptitude at manipulating the data. This is irrelevant to the DFSG. If you want to argue against his point, find a better reason to claim those bits are not software. Michael Poole
