Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753325AbXFOLm1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:42:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752241AbXFOLmT (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:42:19 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:42837 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752225AbXFOLmS (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:42:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:42:00 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Daniel Hazelton , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070615114159.GB6269@elte.hu> References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706131946.15714.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614021619.381331dc@the-village.bc.nu> <200706132129.52736.dhazelton@enter.net> <9114.1181792906@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20019.1181843459@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1018 Lines: 25 * Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > Do they have to provide a ROM burner if the ROM is socketed rather > > than soldered into place? > > Of course not. They just can't impose restrictions on your obtaining > a ROM burner and doing the work yourself. do you realize that you have just admitted that the Tivo is perfectly fine and legal? because you can solder off the ROM from the Tivo and can put in a new ROM with another bootloader that does not check the SHA1 key. Tivo puts no restrictions on you to obtain a ROM and a ROM burner and do this work yourself. (they dont help you either, but you just conceded in another thread that the hardware maker does not have to go out on his way to help you in your software modification efforts.) Ingo - 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/