On Jun 18, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, next question, could you do the same thing if you used a CD > instead of a ROM?
Yes, I believe the very same reasoning applies. > what makes a blob delivered via a network inherently different from > the same blob delivered via a plugin ROM or CD? Err... Nothing, really, except that delivery over the network doesn't even have a physical support that you might wish you could possibly modify but Mother Nature won't let you. What could make a difference, as far as GPLv3 is concerned, is that conveyance over the network might be considered more easily separate from the transaction involving the user product than receiving the CD or the ROM chip along with it. But then, a lot of it would depend on the the precise contractual terms surrounding the transference of the user product, on intent and how that's interpreted by courts, and on how good a justice money can buy ;-) -- 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/
