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  • From: "Greg London" <email AT greglondon.com>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: What happens to the GPL in FPGA & VLSI implementations?
  • Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:14:24 -0500 (EST)


drew Roberts said:
> I appreciate the answer, but could you actually answer the question posed
> first. I really want to know from a technical point. Isn't ROM a piece of
> unchangeable silicon? Isn't and asic a piece of unchangeable silicon?

A ROM is silicon and other stuff, usually unchangeable.
A CD-ROM is a thin aluminum disc with plastic on it. always unchangeable.
An asic is silicon and other chemicals. always unchangeable.





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