Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754310AbXFNTiS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:38:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752781AbXFNTiK (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:38:10 -0400 Received: from zcars04f.nortel.com ([47.129.242.57]:40343 "EHLO zcars04f.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751245AbXFNTiJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:38:09 -0400 Message-ID: <46719902.2000207@nortel.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:37:38 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre Oliva CC: Linus Torvalds , Kevin Fox , Daniel Hazelton , Lennart Sorensen , Greg KH , debian developer , "david@lang.hm" , Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <200706132042.02728.dhazelton@enter.net> <1181837191.21942.24.camel@zathras.emsl.pnl.gov> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jun 2007 19:37:42.0231 (UTC) FILETIME=[7967C670:01C7AEBB] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1046 Lines: 22 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > So can you please explain to me how enabling TiVO to deny others the > freedom that it received "in kind", failing to keep with the "in kind" > spirit of the GPL, encourage people to work together, and to merge? They're not denying others the freedom that they themselves received. Tivo took GPL'd software, modified it, and distributed it with their own custom hardware. You have the right to take their changes, possibly modify them further, and distribute them (possibly with your own hardware). The fact that you can't modify the software and load it back onto the tivo is irrelevent. They are not restricting your distribution of the software in any way. Rather, they're restricting the *running* of the software on their proprietary hardware platform. Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/