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Re: [LUG] Single-board computers and software freedom

 

On Fri, 24 May 2013, Matt Lee wrote:

If the code is burned onto a chip, it is no longer software, but hardware.
That's where FSF draws the line.

BIOSes can be re-flashed. As can microcontrollers. Even the boot-code for the Pi - that's "fixed" on the SD card, but loaded into the GPU - where do you draw the line?

And can you still buy an intel/amd processor and build your own board from scratch with it - or does it needs some secret sauce programming into it to make it actually work?

I think it's a big blurry grey line at that level...

Gordon

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