On Jun 14, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:03:40 -0300, Alexandre Oliva said: >> On Jun 14, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > If a company sells you hardware that includes a ROM that contains GPL'ed >> > software, are they in violation of the GPL if they don't include a ROM >> > burner >> > in the hardware? Or are ROM burners like compilers, where you have to >> > supply >> > your own? >> >> this requirement does not apply if neither you nor any third party >> retains the ability to install modified object code on the User >> Product (for example, the work has been installed in ROM).
> Do they have to provide a ROM burner if the ROM is socketed rather than > soldered into place? Of course not. They just can't impose restrictions on your obtaining a ROM burner and doing the work yourself. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED], gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED], gnu.org} - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
