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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> [mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de] |
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:19 AM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? |
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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 |
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> 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 |
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> Tivo did. |
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> And Tivo is the reason for that clause in GPLv3. |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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TiVo took code, incorporated it into a product, and put the |
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modified sources online so people could see them. The sources |
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were heavily modified for a specialized device, but they were |
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provided. They did not allow modified, and therefore potentially |
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Compromised, devices connect to their network. |
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This does not sound like theft of code, it sounds like sound network |
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protocol. If you wish to maintain a secure environment that is stable |
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for thousands of users, and has a lot of money riding on it, you do |
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not allow compromised devices to connect. It is that simple. |
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The TiVo thing was completely within the word and spirit of the GPL. |
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It is sad that many zealots seem to interpret the texts otherwise. |
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I should not be surprised since many people treat the Free Software |
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movement as a religion for all practical purposes. In every religion |
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you will find interpretations and possible corruptions of the groups |
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texts. |
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