----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <linuxbios@linuxbios.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations
> Quoting Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> But I don't really see why there's a concern about Tivoization, >> perhaps I'm just ignorant of how it could be implemented. >> > Yeh, maybe I'm ignorant also?? What do you mean by Tivoization?? > LinuxBios on set-top-boxes?? Hardware hacking?? Fill me in.... > > Thanks - Joe > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > linuxbios@linuxbios.org > http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > If you buy a Tivo, you have a right to get a copy of the software and you can. But, I'm told, if you modify it in any way...it will not run. That's Tivoization. It is not so different than a motherboard which might be 'bricked' if you modify the BIOS. GPLV3 prevents this kind of practice. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
