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On Wednesday 18 July 2007, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to |
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> a) nobody is forced to buy a tivo. If you don't like it, don't buy it |
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> and you don't have problems. |
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TiVo isn't forced to use GPLv3 licensed code -- if they don't use it, they |
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don't have problems. |
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> b) AFAIR Linus owns a Tivo himself. |
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Yes, I believe he does. |
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> c) it is morally wrong to try to dictate HARDWARE licence problems with |
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> a SOFTWARE licence |
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There's no requirement on the hardware that runs GPLv3 software. You just |
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have to provide the whole source ("preferred format for modification") to |
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the full binary (everything that must be in place to run the software on |
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the device it was designed for). |
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> d) If I can't use the software freely anymore one of the key freedoms is |
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> gone. |
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Yes, which is why the GPL v3 is necessary. |
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> This is the same stupidity like anti-terror law. Lets take away freedom |
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> and free speech to protect freedom and free speeach |
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Except that the anti-terror laws don't protect freedom or free speech in |
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any way, just life (and it's questionable that they do that). It's more |
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like the laws that say you can be thrown in prison for unlawfully |
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imprisoning others. Your freedom will be restricted (you can't use the |
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software) if you attempt to restrict the freedoms (namely, the four |
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freedoms) of others. |
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> e) Linus is not alone. You should read what Jesper Juhl wrote in one of |
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> the lenghty discussions on lkml. Very interessting. |
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> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118211628209101&w=2 |
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1) This concerns draft versions, as the final version wasn't available. |
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2) Mr. Juhl admits there are downsides to allowing tivoization. |
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The question really remains -- do you want your code to be able to be |
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locked up or not? |
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BSD is available for those that don't care if the code is locked up. |
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GPLv3 is available for those that want the maximum level of protection |
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against their code (or derivatives) from being locked up. |
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There are a quite a few other Free Software licenses between those two |
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extremes, including GPLv2. |
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