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On Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2007, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 17 Jul 2007, at 17:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > On Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007, Stroller wrote: |
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> >> I believe that even Linus - who is noted for his long-standing |
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> >> opposition to v3 - would change his mind were he to experience this. |
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> >> "They're using the operating system _I_ wrote to lock me out of _my |
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> >> own_ router?!?!?!?" |
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> > Linus has said it several times that he was ok with the thing Tivo |
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> > did. |
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> > And Tivo is the reason for that clause in GPLv3. |
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> I've seen no evidence that he said this AFTER spending a big chunk of |
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> his own money on hardware, plugging it into his ethernet network and |
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> finding himself frustrated by an inability to copy shows recorded in |
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> his living room to the Tivo in his den. |
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> A problem with having well-paid and financially successful "leaders" |
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> is the risk of them becoming out of touch with "the common man". |
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> Linux is Linus' baby and he's entitled to license his code however he |
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> wishes but he can afford a nice sports car now and I doubt that he |
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> has to pay for much hardware. |
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> I'm not saying that Linus is wrong, just that he might see things |
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> differently if the license he used on his software caused him time, |
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> inconvenience, frustration and expense. Say what you like about the |
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> lunatic fringe, but RMS has never forgotten that laser printer which |
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> he was unable to fix because the code was denied him. |
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> Stroller. |
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a) nobody is forced to buy a tivo. If you don't like it, don't buy it and you |
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don't have problems. |
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b) AFAIR Linus owns a Tivo himself. |
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c) it is morally wrong to try to dictate HARDWARE licence problems with a |
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SOFTWARE licence |
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d) If I can't use the software freely anymore one of the key freedoms is gone. |
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This is the same stupidity like anti-terror law. Lets take away freedom and |
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free speech to protect freedom and free speeach |
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e) Linus is not alone. You should read what Jesper Juhl wrote in one of the |
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lenghty discussions on lkml. Very interessting. |
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http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118211628209101&w=2 |
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you might also read the rest of it. It might open your eyes. |
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