1. Using GPLed software on embedded hardware, where the software is on ROM and cannot be modified by regular users.
2. What happens if the system must not be modifiable by normal users due to regulatory issues (such as WiFi cards or medical equipment), but the manufactures wishes to use GPLed software to implement parts of the system software.
I tried to google for issue 1, but found nothing relevant (http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9161119242.html, http://www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=PrintableTopic&Post=2&Board=licenses&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session=). I expect issue 2 to be discussed together with issue 1.
The GPL FAQ (http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) did not answer those questions.
By the way, according to Groklaw, there are two FSF seminars about the GPL (http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040727140948715). However, I am too geographically- and time-challenged to participate in those seminars.
--- Omer
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