I'd like to see that too. You've got me curious now. ;)<br><br>For Sean: This article is well worth the read, and may help clear up some misconceptions:<br><a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851">
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20031214210634851</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Josh Paetzel</b> <<a href="mailto:josh@tcbug.org">josh@tcbug.org</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Thursday 22 February 2007 10:00, Jordan Peacock wrote:<br>> I didn't realize that; I was under the impression that distribution
<br>> of code (whether 'bundled' in hardware or not) was under the<br>> restrictions of the license. Otherwise, what's to prevent me from<br>> selling computers fully loaded with software and denying access to
<br>> the source code using the same concepts?<br><br>Because in the case of a computer you have access to the filesystems<br>and binaries and can distribute them to other commodity devices. In<br>the case of your microwave the only way to get the software off it is
<br>to remove the ROMs from the devices and use specialized hardware to<br>get them off, and in the end you have a 'program' that will only run<br>on their hardware.<br><br>I'm not completely talking out my ass here yanno, I know several
<br>people that work in the embedded hardware industry and have<br>investigated this pretty carefully. If this was an issue people<br>wouldn't be doing it.<br><br>If you think cisco is violating the law I'd like to see proof of
<br>it...such as a court case they've lost and had to pay out to someone.<br><br>Or you can try and get a copy of the firmware in your microwave.<br><br>More than willing to be proven wrong here.....<br><br>--<br>Thanks,
<br><br>Josh Paetzel<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>Jordan Peacock<br><a href="mailto:hewhocutsdown@gmail.com">hewhocutsdown@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com">hewhocutsdown.blogspot.com
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