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    SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
    On 6/20/07, Tomas Neme <lacrymology@gmail.com> wrote:
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    > Why, if you let user-compiled kernels to run in a TiVo, it might be
    > modified so the TiVo can be used to pirate-copy protected content,

    1) It may be far more likely that in the majority of cases it will be
    modified with the intent to allow functionality which has no bearing
    on copyrighted entertainment copyright or which is permitted under the
    Fair Use doctrine. Neither you, nor I, nor anyone else on the list
    knows whether that is the case.

    2) There are far easier ways to pirate copyrighted entertainment
    content (like buy the discs, professional duplicating hardware, and
    just dup them) which I would wager is what actual pirates do 99% of
    the time

    > which is a serious security hole.

    If you are a content company it's a security hole, if you are a TiVO
    owner, it's a feature.

    Dave
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