Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:33:33 -0300 |
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On Jun 17, 2007, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> I don't know any law that requires tivoization.
> In the USSA it is arguable that wireless might need it (if done in > software) for certain properties. (The argument being it must be > tamperproof to random end consumers).
But this is not tivoization.
Tivoization is a manufacturer using technical measures to prevent the user from tampering (*) with the device, *while* keeping the ability to tamper with it changes itself.
(*) tampering brings in negative connotations that I'd rather avoid, but since that was the term you used, and the term "modifying" might bring in legal-based technicalities such as that replacing isn't modification, I just went with it.
So, given a proper definition, do you know any law that requires tivoization?
Taking it further, do you know whether any such law requires *worldwide* tivoization, as in, applying the restrictions in the law even outside its own jurisdiction?
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