It seems to me a general trend, that the frontier between hardware and software is being blurred. (Was it ever razor sharp?)
Is there any possible interpretation of the GPL that would shut out the other, non-GPL systems from using GPL:ed hardware? Will it still be okay to make, e.g. closed source drivers for GPL:ed hardware, license-less (public domain) or BSD-like licensed drivers? Is there any relevance at all in asking how possible firmware (runtime extension?) is affected? (I suppose DRI can not be classified as runtime extension.) What parts and uses will be affected? Does the hard PCI bus interface, unquestionably, contain/limit the GPL virality, even for more inventive uses of the FPGAs? /Jonas Sundström. www.kirilla.com _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
