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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:44:16 GMT
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Dave <MUDSHARK-505@WORLDNET.ATT.stopspamNET>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:49:11 -0800 (PST), Kekoa Proudfoot wrote:
Plug-Ins fall into that category, but as far as I'm concerned, firmware is
firmware, software is software, and firmware is not software.

Firmware isn't software???  Go way back when and see what happend to bring about the IBM
PC clone.  The BIOS reverse engineering and why MACs haven't been cloned.

Firmware *is* software, placed in a chip instead of 'normal' media



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  Re: legOS
 
(...) I don't think whether license agreements/intellectual property rights apply to firmware is being questioned. Just whether the license provided by Lego even says anything at all about the firmware. (26 years ago, 27-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: legOS
 
(...) You're drifting from the point. Why IBM PCs have been cloned and why MACs have not been has nothing to do with license agreements. Copyrights are copyrights. I cannot, will not, and have not copied the firmware in any way that I do not (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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