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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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