> -----Original Message----- > From: Volker Armin Hemmann > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:19 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? > > > On Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007, Stroller wrote: > > > I believe that even Linus - who is noted for his long-standing > > opposition to v3 - would change his mind were he to > experience this. > > "They're using the operating system _I_ wrote to lock me out of _my > > own_ router?!?!?!?" > > Linus has said it several times that he was ok with the thing > Tivo did. > > And Tivo is the reason for that clause in GPLv3. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
TiVo took code, incorporated it into a product, and put the modified sources online so people could see them. The sources were heavily modified for a specialized device, but they were provided. They did not allow modified, and therefore potentially Compromised, devices connect to their network. This does not sound like theft of code, it sounds like sound network protocol. If you wish to maintain a secure environment that is stable for thousands of users, and has a lot of money riding on it, you do not allow compromised devices to connect. It is that simple. The TiVo thing was completely within the word and spirit of the GPL. It is sad that many zealots seem to interpret the texts otherwise. I should not be surprised since many people treat the Free Software movement as a religion for all practical purposes. In every religion you will find interpretations and possible corruptions of the groups texts. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
