Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:57:26 -0300 |
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On Jun 14, 2007, Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:
> I don't see how you can claim that the vendor is infringing on your > freedom, _you_ made the decision to go out and buy the product knowing > that the vendor wasn't going to go out of their way to help you hack > the device.
But I also made this decision fully aware that the software included in the package was published under a license that said I was entitled to modify it. More than once I purchased a device that claimed to have GNU/Linux software on it, only to find out that I couldn't use the freedoms, because the distributor was infringing the license in various ways.
> If you don't like what the vendor has done with the product, you have the > freedom to not support the vendor, and to try and encourage people to > follow suit.
Sure. But wouldn't it be nice if the copyright holder could also help in this effort? It doesn't mean the copyright holder has to: s/he can always grant an additional permission, or simply refrain from enforcing this provision of the license.
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