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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:43:30 GMT
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Paul Speed <PSPEED@AUGUSTSCHELL.COMantispam>
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Errrr.... Where does computer stop and _software_ start.
Where is my brain today?
-Paul
Paul Speed wrote:
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> I guess more specifically, where does computer stop and
> hardware start? According to the law, that is.
> -Paul
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> Eric Hodges wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > -----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?
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> > Eric Hodges wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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| I guess more specifically, where does computer stop and hardware start? According to the law, that is. -Paul (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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