Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:59:31 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On 15/06/07, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > Why can't you understand that the GPL v2 is a *software* license, it > > doesn't cover hardware at all. > > The GPLv2 is a copyright license not a software licence, indeed there is > no such thing as a 'software licence'. It deals with the circumstances > and manner in which you are permitted (by the author) to make copies of > their work, to modify their work and in some cases to perform their work > (plus other sundry rights). Copyright law doesn't care whether the object > in question is as abstract as computer source code (providing it has been > 'fixated' in some form) or a two hundred foot high art installation - or > a combination of the two. >
Right. My bad.
> So irrespective of the whole pointless debate going on you are trying to > draw lines that don't exist in the first place. > > > I can't know for a fact what TiVO wants, but I can guess. > > You could also do your research. > I have absolutely no idea where to go look something like that up :-(
> > All quite valid reasons in my opinion. > > and all wrong. > > Look up the owning and controlling interests in Tivo and you'll find the > correct reason - stopping you doing evil things like keeping movies > you've recorded or uploading them to the internet [which ironically of > course is the entire effect of the whole 'convergence' thing] > Hmm, wouldn't that be my guess nr. 2? A way to use the hardware to break the law...
Anway, the whole point of my post was mainly to /try/ and say that the GPL gives you a right to obtain source code for modifications, but it doesn't say anything about being able to run a compiled version of that source on any specific hardware.
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