Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:20:19 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 20, 2007, "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 19/06/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote: >>> On Jun 18, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: >>>> In the GPLv3 world, we have already discussed in this thread how you can >>>> follow the GPLv3 by making the TECHNICALLY INFERIOR choice of using a ROM >>>> instead of using a flash device. >>> >>> Yes. This is one option that doesn't bring any benefits to anyone. >>> It maintains the status quo for users and the community, but it loses >>> the ability for the vendor to upgrade, fix or otherwise control the >>> users. Bad for the vendor. > >> Also bad for the user > > We already know the vendor doesn't care about the user, so why should > we take this into account when analyzing the reasoning of the vendor?
no, we don't know this. you attribute the reason for the lockdown to be anti-user. others view it as being pro-user becouse it lets the user get functionality that they wouldn't have access to otherwise.
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