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ralph_muha@ycrdi.com
ralph_muha@ycrdi.com
Tue Jan 20 11:38:00 GMT 1998
Richard Stallman,rms@santafe.edu,Internet writes:
>> trying to apply intellectual property protection to software whose
>> proliferation could only increase sales of the hardware, when that
>> hardware comes with the software anyway? It sounds rather foolish to
this view may apply to software drivers for PC cards, but in an
embedded system, the software is not a separate entity that may
be replaced by the customer...
>> me in many instances. Why not give away the source code? It is
>> useless without the hardware to run it on.
>
>I think you're right--I wish that more embedded developers had this view.
then how do you protect a proprietary hardware design if, by disclosing the
details of the operating software, one also gives away hints about the
hardware
that may help competitors to construct similar devices?
r
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