"A federal appeals court today cleared the way for a law professor to post previously banned encryption software on the Internet, finding that computer code qualifies as speech protected by the First Amendment."
"A three-judge appellate panel in Cleveland put the matter to rest this morning after finding that computer programming languages are forms of expression that warrant First Amendment protections."
http://cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1641004.html
This may open all Linux source code, and anything you may write under QNX -hint hint- to be protected under the 1st.
Could a BIOS "patching mod" flash program be in the works? Downloadable from a browser, into a certian 16MB "drive"?