Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752936AbXFTVOm (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:14:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751164AbXFTVOf (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:14:35 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]:50881 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750895AbXFTVOd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:14:33 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=q+hOGkd2NGE/sV8E3VsFyJWn+5dVAAgWkZxxqpfkSx8sEEZHG60C+bJEXd+9HB4rfYuKROOIuSnNoa7dxcZfsAl3z3KkCetIYhjCqPc83WcHw9MxuSGjZvrqWsF4JCH3/a7Rt2+VIepl2NyQ+e+1Sdk5Ef4RbcWUs2PuvKe8ntg= Message-ID: <2e6659dd0706201414g3a6af30cvfb50720962e9dc1c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:14:32 -0300 From: "Tomas Neme" To: "Alexandre Oliva" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Andrew McKay" , "Alan Cox" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Al Viro" , "Bernd Schmidt" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Daniel Hazelton" , "Greg KH" , "debian developer" , david@lang.hm, "Tarkan Erimer" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <4679557C.5080907@iders.ca> <20070620175627.319a6c55@the-village.bc.nu> <46797C52.4020907@iders.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 922 Lines: 24 > > However, I don't see how this would ever require a company like Tivo > > or Mastercard to have their networks play nice with a unit that has > > been modified by the end user, potentially opening up some serious > > security holes. > > Which is why the GPLv3 doesn't make the requirement that you stated. Why, if you let user-compiled kernels to run in a TiVo, it might be modified so the TiVo can be used to pirate-copy protected content, which is a serious security hole. TiVo would need to read, approve of, and sign any modified kernels the users intend to use on their hardware. If GPLv3 allows for this, it'd be doing exactly that Tom?s -- |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| - 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/