[Savannah-hackers] Re: [ 101927 ] New Project containing binary firmware ?

[Mathieu Roy]

Joerg Albert <address@hidden> said:

> Hi yeupou,
> 
> thanks for the answer althrough it comes to late. We've put the project to
> another host 'cause we needed a public place for it.
> Anyhow I guess it would have matched your description - the non-free part,
> the firmware of the ARM7 inside the device, is not in the flash but in RAM
> and it's downloaded everytime the device is attached to the USB.
> Good to know your criteria for the next time.

But isn't it possible write free replacement for the proprietary part
(reverse engineering is legal, if I remember well, in France for
instance for interoperability issues)?

Regards,



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