dear all, this story picked off slashdot excites me:
Intel targets WiMAX with software radio device http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/12/11/42781/intel+targets+wimax+with+software+radio+device.htm why? a) gpl or copyleft does not normally work on hardware. (tangible versus intangible economy...) b) s tanenbaum asserts anything that exists in hardware can exist as software. c) ergo: when wimax, dvb-h, etc become more software-driven than hardware driven, then gpl or copyleft may come to play a role in it's license. when i look at the cheap electronic calculators being sold on the streets of nehruplace for rs 50 to rs 100, i still get to buy one tangible, hardware, calculator that i own and can only give away if i wish, but not share AND keep concurrently. when i click on the 'applications' menu under ubuntu or any other distro, then goto 'accessories'>'calculator' i get a similar device as software, muft and mukt, and can give it away to everyone and still keep it concurrently, thanks to its gpl license. hardware devices that become software applications affect a gestalt change, especially if copylefted. :-) niyam -- niyam bhushan _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
