Anti-tivoization is one of main differences (but not the only), but it's about a different issue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:14, Colby Boyer <colby.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't the main difference between v2 and v3 the "Tivo Exception" as > the call it? Not sure. > > I guess I should add IANAL. TINLA. > > :P > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mle...@ripnet.com> wrote: >>> How do the companies write closed-source drivers for the Linux Kernel >>> without running into GPL2 issues? I can only recall that there is a >>> "user-land" and a "kernel-land" driver, where the "kernel-land" is the >>> only part that is open source. Is this correct? >>> >>> Perhaps that method could work well? >>> >>> >> I thought GPLV2 was less onerous in this regard, and that case-law had >> established that a loadable kernel driver didn't necessarily get >> infected by the GPL virus. IANAL. TINLA. Etc. >> >> The last kernel driver I worked on we were planning to open-source as a way >> of encouraging people to buy our (very closed-source!) chips. >> Project fell apart before we hit market. Sigh. >> >> -- >> Marcus Leech >> Principal Investigator >> Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium >> http://www.sbrac.org >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > -- Regards, Alexander Chemeris. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
