Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] PS3 with freedom

[John Gilmore]

> it really does speak to the foresight (and good taste) of Sony that 
> [very early] they had published a bootloader and clear 
> instructions on how to put Linux on the thing.  Each and everything they 
> have done in this area has been with the support of IBM and released 
> GPL.

This is indeed priaseworthy -- particularly given Sony's long and
ongoing history of making life hard for free software (e.g. with 
documentation or drivers for their laptop chips) and their unfortunate
fondness for DRM and gratuitous incompatibility in all its forms.

> We are not using xlc and are not likely to use xlc.  We are using the 
> free parts of the SDK including spu-gcc and ppu-gcc for example.

I'm very glad to hear it.

> While I understand your concern, support the basis for your stance 
> on this and many of your other heartfelt issues turned cause célèbre, it 
> is my OPINION that in this case, your concerns are misplaced.

I'm glad that people of the caliber of you and Eric are watching these
issues closely.

I'm looking forward to the day when there is a documented way to get
this free software -- without wading through reading and agreeing to a
pile of nonfree licenses.  :-)

        John