RE: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[David Schwartz]

> The kernel you build from the source code that Tivo distributes must
> be accepted by Tivo's hardware without making other modifications (to
> Tivo's hardware or bootloader).  If that is possible, I will retract
> what I said.  If it is not possible, they are omitting part of the
> program's source code:
>
>     A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be
>     used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about
>     a certain result.
>     -- US Code, Title 17, Section 101

A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither statements nor
instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is really and
truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on.

DS


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