linux-kernel - Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:30:25 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>
Cc:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net> writes:

> Exactly. And I don't see anything about a TiVO (or any device that, like a 
> TiVO, requires binaries that run on it to be digitally signed) that stops
> you 
> from exercising the "freedoms" guaranteed by the GPL. As I said before, what 
> it does is stop you from violating the license on the hardware.

BTW: don't they sell their hardware (as well)? I think it should be
easy to replace the ROMs (EPROMs? flash ROMs?) using some diagnostic
clip and/or JTAG. Unless the CPU itself verifies ROM signatures,
they shouldn't matter.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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