Re: Fedora Freedom and linux-libre

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva redhat com>]

On Jun 17, 2008, max <maximilianbianco gmail com> wrote:

> jeff wrote:

>> *Content??!* It's obviously software. I mean, it can be copied, it
>> can be rewritten (well, by the people in the castle with the code),
>> it can be compiled, etc... Clearly software.

> Firmware usually comes with my devices, it is reloadable but it
> comes with the device when I make the purchase, I don't have to load
> firmware into a device to make it work in the first place.

So, per this logic, MS-Windows OEM is not software.  Right?!?

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