Development of Creative Commons licenses

[drew Roberts <zotz AT 100jamz.com>]

On Friday 18 March 2005 03:43 pm, Greg London wrote:
> drew Roberts said:
> > On Friday 18 March 2005 11:48 am, Greg London wrote:
> >> I am not affiliated with Creative Commons.
> >
> > I am confident that the GPL only requires you
> > to give out your modifications
> > if you distribute. Not if you use. It also
> > permits you to make mods and keep
> > them private if you do not distribute.
>
> Yes, but the crux of the matter is whether or not
> code-turned-into-silicon is a derived work or use.
> I'd view it as a cookie-recipe-turned-into-a-cookie,
> and therefore would not be a derived work but usage.
> However, what I think the law should be and what the
> law IS, are two different things.
>
> > I am very ignorant here, but I will point out that
> > hardware firewall/router manufacturers are feeling
> > the GPLs effects.
>
> the link is pretty vague, but it sounded like
> violations with embedded software, not the
> hardware.

Remember, you are talking to the ignorant here...

What is the difference between embedded software and hardware. They are both 
unchangeable pieces of silicon are they not? (Or at least they can be. 
Right?)

all the best,

drew