On 11-04-26 at 03:37pm, John Watlington wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > How is that a violation of GPL license? > > > > I believe they do have full access to all source code - just is not > > allowed to execute it (conveniently) on the hardware it resides on. > > Walter is correct that kids in Uruguay should be able to modify Sugar > and install additional activities and apps, even though they may not > have root access or a developer key.
I fully agree that kids anywhere should be able to modify Sugar. The issue here, however, is whether or not it is a violation of Sugar license if someone restricts kids from modifying Sugar *on* *XOs*. > > Tivoization - as I understand it - is when the hardware locks the > > code in a way so that it can be executed but sources for the > > executed code is not available. That, I believe, is not the case > > for GPL-licensed code on the XOs even when the XOs are locked down. > > > > GPL code must be _readable_ - it need not be executable. > > Actually, I believe that GPL v3 "fixed" that oversight. How, more specifically? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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