Re: Are BLOBs source code?

2004-12-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:17:05PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: On Dec 12, Bruce Perens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of these BLOBs have been identified as ARM7 code, and generally thumb (the 8-bit ARM instructions). I know of some devices (very cheap stuff, nothing fancy) which even uses

Are BLOBs source code?

2004-12-12 Thread Bruce Perens
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Your opinion (and I would generaly agree there) would be that the pseudo source files released are not source as per GPLs definition A lot of these BLOBs have been identified as ARM7 code, and generally thumb (the 8-bit ARM instructions). They come from C or

Re: Are BLOBs source code?

2004-12-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Bruce Perens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Your opinion (and I would generaly agree there) would be that the pseudo source files released are not source as per GPLs definition A lot of these BLOBs have been identified as ARM7 code, and generally thumb (the 8-bit ARM

Re: Are BLOBs source code?

2004-12-12 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 12, Bruce Perens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of these BLOBs have been identified as ARM7 code, and generally thumb (the 8-bit ARM instructions). I know of some devices (very cheap stuff, nothing fancy) which even uses VxWorks. This explains why it is not even possible for some