On Aug 07, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, because those are not linked together with the GPLed code, but are a > > mere > > aggregation of works inside the same media, i.e. the binary file. Those > > non-free firmware will never run inside the same memory space as the kernel, > > and are offloaded to a peripheral processor, and the communication media > > between the kernel and this peripheral processor running said firmware is > > clearly defined, there is no doubt that those non-free firmware do not break > > the kernel GPL.
> They are linked in, they have symbols, the code directly references > their address. Can you name one tool that will easily remove such No. They are a char array, it's data copied where the hardware wants it. It's not code called by other functions. > "aggregated" code from the kernel image? Not relevant. -- ciao, Marco
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