Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Michael Poole <> | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:38:52 -0400 |
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david@lang.hm writes:
> no, saying that the result must be acceptable to other software (in > this case the software running in the BIOS) is not part of the source > code.
Why not? The digital signature is a statement (which translates roughly to "Tivo approves this") to be used in a computer in order to bring about a certain result. That result is making it boot on the PVR. Source code simply means the original forms or inputs used to generate machine-readable statements.
Michael Poole
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