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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:36:08 GMT
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Paul Speed <pspeed@NOMORESPAMaugustschell.com>
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I guess more specifically, where does computer stop and
hardware start? According to the law, that is.
-Paul
Eric Hodges wrote:
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> As I understand it, microcode is protected as software. It doesn't matter
> how you store it or distribute it, but the way it is used. If it consists
> of instructions for a computer, then it is considered to be a computer
> program and is subject to copyright law.
>
> Why would it be any other way? Why would microcode or firmware be exempt
> from copyright protection? How could anyone safely invest in the
> development of either of those if they were?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Speed [SMTP:pspeed@augustschell.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 12:06 PM
> To: 'lego-robotics@crynwr.com'
> Subject: Re: legOS
>
> Just curious, and since you seem to have some information
> handy, where is the line between firmware and microcode drawn? Or
> is microcode also considered firmware?
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> -Paul
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> Eric Hodges wrote:
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> > It's the law. Software isn't defined by the media it's stored in or the
> > way it is stored. It doesn't make any legal difference if you distribute
> > the software on a CD or printed on the back of a T-shirt. The copyright
> > laws consider software to be any "set of statements or instructions to be
> > used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a • certain
> > result."( 17 U.S.C ? 101) Software distributed on ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, • etc.
> > is still covered by the copyright laws.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kekoa Proudfoot [SMTP:lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 11:26 AM
> > To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> > Subject: Re: legOS
> >
> > Eric Hodges <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > > Firmware is software. It doesn't matter if you burn software into ROM,
> > > store it on EPROM, store it as PAL settings, core memory values, etc.
> > > Software is software, and firmware is software.
> >
> > Is this your opinion? Or do you have something to back this with?
> >
> > -Kekoa
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| Errrr.... Where does computer stop and _software_ start. Where is my brain today? -Paul (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| As I understand it, microcode is protected as software. It doesn't matter how you store it or distribute it, but the way it is used. If it consists of instructions for a computer, then it is considered to be a computer program and is subject to (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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