Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:06:32 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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* Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net> wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Nope. ROM alone is not the problem
> 
> The problem is that in this particular case, removing a ROM used to 
> vet software makes you liable under DMCA and friends

you are changing the subject. The argument was about whether the Tivo is 
following the GPLv2 or not. Whether the "soldering off" violates stupid 
laws or other regulations of a country is a different matter.

	Ingo
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