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On Donnerstag, 19. Juli 2007, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 18 Jul 2007, at 18:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> >>> ... |
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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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> >>> |
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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) nobody is forced to buy a tivo. If you don't like it, don't buy |
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> > 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 |
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> > with a |
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> > SOFTWARE licence |
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> I'm always amazed at how the internet enables folks to _reply to_ |
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> discussion points without actually _answering_ them. But I gather |
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> that repeating a point three times is nearly as effective as three |
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> people in agreement each making that point once, so maybe that is |
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> your intent? |
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> a) You ignore all the comments in other posts about the ethical |
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> aspects of selling locked hardware: |
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> - end-user's ownership of the hardware they purchase; is the locking |
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> made clear at time of purchase? |
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> - anti-competitive practices. |
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> - environmental damage when obsolete locked hardware cannot be re- |
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> purposed. It must be disposed of in landfill, lead solder, mercury & |
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> whatnot leaking dramatically into the water table because the |
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> firmware cannot be upgraded to one that actually works. |
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if somebody buys locked hardware, it is his own freaking fault. Or could |
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ANYBODY claim to be surprised by say Tivo? |
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Plus, people who are discussing 'ethical' problems with locked hardware tend |
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to forget, that there is enough hardware out there that a) needs an update |
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once in a while but b) has to be temper proof by the user! You might want to |
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read up about clinical equipment or FCC rules. Just for fun. |
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Also, the new ROHS rules make pretty sure that hardware does not survive for |
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long - and most hardware - shocking news, is recycled today because of the |
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precious metals used in it. So no landfills, if you dispose the hardware |
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correctly. |
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[removed a lot of preaching] |
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> b) I never said Linus didn't own a Tivo himself. |
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> What I said was that he might see things differently were |
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> "Tivotisation" to _cost him personally_ time, inconvenience, |
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> frustration and expense. |
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if that would be the case he would not have bought a Tivo... |
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and why does a temper proof box cause you 'frustration'? |
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> I can't determine in what circumstances this might actually occur, |
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> but I know I'd be shouting blue murder to the rafters if I wrote |
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> thousands of lines of code, gave them away for free for anyone to use |
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> and then some bugger sold that software back to me and prevented me |
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> from changing it when I needed to. |
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well, Linus lives the open source. Tivo gave back the modifications they did |
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to the community so he is satisfied. Maybe Linus is just a little bit less |
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self centered than others? |
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> The active part of the last sentence is "when needed" |
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and when do you 'need' to hack a tivo? And why do you buy one when you need to |
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hack it? |
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There are other solutions where the vendor does not lock the users out from |
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tempering - buy them instead of a Tivo and stop whining. |
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> - we can |
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> discuss this forever on the internets, it's all nice and arty & farty |
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> to talk about morals & philosophies of freedom & software licensing |
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> but I challenge anyone not to feel offended when those ideals have |
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> kicked you in the teeth. |
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who kicked whom? So far most of the kernel people who should be concerned with |
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Tivo were pretty cool about it. Only the FSF and some of its fans, made a lot |
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of noise. |
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> c) WTF!?!?!? Can you justify this statement? |
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> Stroller. |
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yes. But why should I? Linus' did it several times and he did it a lot better |
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than I can ever do it. Just use google. |
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Some people need to realize that there is a fundamental difference between |
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code and hardware. And telling someone what he can do with HIS hardware is |
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just wrong. You don't like the terms of the hardware vendor? Fine. Don't buy |
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it. But buying it and than complaining is just lame. |
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