Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:17:30 +0300 | From | "Pekka Enberg" <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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Hi Alexandre,
On 6/19/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote: > Dispute this: > > non-tivoized hardware => users can scratch their itches => more > contributions from these users > > tivoized hardware => users can't scratch their itches => fewer > contributions from these users
Maybe, but in what numbers? It's not like every user out there is able to scratch their itches in the first place. Besides, people who want to hack their hardware either work around the restrictions (like Linux on xbox) or buy hardware that doesn't have any.
In any case, I hope we call quits on this thread. People have already explained to you that there are certain devices (ATMs, medical equipment) where you absolutely want "tivoization". Furthermore, Linus has repeatedly explained to you why he (and bunch of other _kernel_ hackers -- this is a thread on LKML, remember) thinks it's stupid for a software license to restrict hardware design choices. If you don't see the point, fine, but lets stop wasting each others time, ok? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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