On Friday 15 June 2007 23:44:00 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 16, 2007, Tim Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 23:29 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> Tivo has two choices: either it gives > >> users the content they want to watch, or it goes out of business. Is > >> that legitimate enough of a reason to restrict the hardware? > > > > Can I submit that they could just rent the use of their machines? > > I don't think this would escape the wording of section 6 in GPLv3dd4: > > [...] User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or > for a fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is > characterized), [...] > > and IMHO that's as it should be to defend the freedoms of the user.
In the case of renting a machine you can try to legislate new laws all you want. It doesn't make a difference. There are certain rights you don't get when renting something that you do when you own it. DRH -- Dialup is like pissing through a pipette. Slow and excruciatingly painful. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
