Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 16, 2007, Bernd Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Alexandre Oliva wrote: >>> On Jun 15, 2007, Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> What this means for the FSF goals if Tivo get up one morning and switch >>>> their system firmware to ROM however is interesting 8) >>> I'm not the FSF, and I don't speak for it, but it seems to me that >>> this would be "mission accomplished". > >> This is insane. You start with a lofty ideal involving "freedom", and >> when you end up with a meaningless technicality (and in technical terms >> a change for the worse) you consider it a victory? > > It accomplishes the mission in that everyone is on the same grounds. > Same freedom for everyone.
See, that's the problem I have with your arguments. "Same freedom for everyone" is a political slogan. It is not a reasoned thought. "We must stop terrorists" is also a political slogan, and the consequence "Tivo should install ROMs so they don't have more rights than users" is about equivalent as a victory for freedom as disallowing liquids in hand luggage is a victory against terrorism. Both are nonsensical consequences of a political agenda that is applied without thought. Bernd - 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/
