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

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Subject: Re: [LUG] Single-board computers and software freedom
From: Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 15:31:32 +0100
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On 24 May 2013 14:34, Matt Lee <mattl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

Isn't that what firmware is, though? Code that gets "burned" (albeit temporarily) onto a chip? How about other EEPROMs where the code can be replaced but doesn't need replacing everytime it's used (such as BIOSes)?

It seems like a very tenuous stance to take.

Grant.

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