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Message-ID: <467977F7.2040506@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:54:47 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org> CC: Tomas Neme <lacrymology@...il.com>, "Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Michael Poole wrote: > Tomas Neme writes: > >> I have been following this discussion for the last week or so, and >> what I haven't been able to figure out is what the hell is the big >> deal with TiVO doing whatever they want to with their stupid design. >> They made a design, they build a machine, they sell it as is, and >> provide source code for GPL'ed software... what's your problem? > > It's simple: they don't provide _complete_ source code. They keep the > source code for the part of their Linux kernel images that provides > the functionality "runs on Tivo DVRs". The GPL requires that > distributors of binary versions provide complete source code, not just > the parts of source code that are convenient. > If true, that's a clear violation of the GPLv2, but it's very different from preventing the loading of modified images on their hardware (which appears to be permitted by v2.) -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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