Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Tim Post <> | Date | Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:31:57 +0800 |
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On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 00:44 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 16, 2007, Tim Post <tim.post@netkinetics.net> 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. >
Yes, I think you're right. There may be no good solution for tivo.
I'm not yet ready to give up on middle ground! :) I'll just have to work harder if I'm to think of it. I refuse to accept a situation where the only good outcome results in people being hurt, one way or another.
You might see that as futility, it could very well be. But I feel obligated to keep looking and thinking because I can.
My head hurts.
Best, --Tim
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