Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:42:51 -0500 | From | Andrew McKay <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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david@lang.hm wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > >> Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 >> >> On Jun 20, 2007, Andrew McKay <amckay@iders.ca> wrote: >> >>> However, I don't see how this would ever require a company like Tivo >>> or Mastercard to have their networks play nice with a unit that has >>> been modified by the end user, potentially opening up some serious >>> security holes. >> >> Which is why the GPLv3 doesn't make the requirement that you stated. > > so if the BIOS checked the checksum of the boot image and if it found it > wasn't correct would disable the video input hardware but let you boot > the system otherwise it would be acceptable to you and the GPLv3? > > somehow I doubt it, but that's what it would take to prevent modified > software from interacting with their networks (remembering that these > networks are the cable and satellite networks in some cases) > > it also seems that if this was the case it would be a trivial > work-around for the GPLv3 if it was acceptable. >
That is exactly where I was going with that. A trivial work around in the Tivo case. I guess GPLv4 will have to close up that hole?
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