On Jun 13, 2007, Daniel Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Either a device is distributed, like the common PC, that is designed > for the user to change and update the software on, or, like the PS2 > it isn't designed for that.
Have you ever installed GNU/Linux on a PC "Designed for Microsoft Windows"? How dare you? ;-) > If, OTOH, the hardware was never meant for the end-user to install custom > versions of the software on, then while the signing keys are still > *technically* part of the source, in practice they are not. Why? Because in > most of those cases the end-user isn't granted the right to install and run > custom binaries on the hardware. And distributing the GPLed software under this restriction is quite likely copyright infringement. > I know this. As I said, I doubt that anyone who tried this in > America would have the success he has had. On Wednesday 13 June 2007 21:24:01 Adrian Bunk wrote: >> Are you an idiot, or do you just choose to ignore all proof that >> doesn't fit your preconceived beliefs? ;-) :-P :-D -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED], gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED], gnu.org} - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
