On Jun 19, 2007, Anders Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-06-18 21:50:12, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> Given the ROM exception in GPLv3, I guess you could seal and >> anti-tamper it as much as you want, and leave the ROM at such a place >> in which it's easily replaceable but with signature checking and all >> such that the user doesn't install ROM that is not authorized by you.
> The manufacturer must be able to _remotely_ update the device > firmware, so as I see it (IANAL), Tivoisation _is_ a requirement. If you take the Wikipedia definition of Tivoization, you'll see it's about copyleft software only, and no law mandates the use of copyleft software. There's no end to bad laws, but a law that mandated the use of copyleft (=> free) software and at the same time prohibited modifications by the user would be a very contradictory one. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED], gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED], gnu.org} - 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/
