Re: Fwd: [Neuros 442 Linux Main] Developer board spec 0.0.4 released

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Joe Born wrote:
> I'm not sure dual boot is a great idea either, I'm still struggling wit=
h how
> to handle all the proprietary parts to be honest.  It's not just DRM,
> there's all the video stuff as well.

I think video is less problematic than DRM. While most of us would prefer=
 100% of the code to be free and open, the grim reality is that there isn=
't a lot of free DSP code available, for any DSP. And developing it from =
scratch would be very time consuming. The only realistic totally free opt=
ion is to use a very powerful CPU instead of the DSP, but that would leav=
e us with 30 minute runtime instead.

However, proprietary video codecs in the DSP do not conflict with the GPL=
 the way DRM would. The DSP code is living and running in a completely se=
parate processor and is not part of the GPL:ed code running on the CPU. I=
t therefore does not have to share the same license.

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