Messages in this thread | | | From | Hans-Jürgen Koch <> | Subject | Re: mea culpa on the meaning of Tivoization | Date | Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:44:06 +0200 |
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Am Montag 18 Juni 2007 20:55 schrieb Alexandre Oliva: > On Jun 18, 2007, Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> wrote: > > > So, if a manufacturer used a ROM instead of a flash memory with the > > intention to make software modifications impossible, then it is bad, > > and when he did it for economical reasons, then it is a "natural barrier"? > > This sounds about right to me. > > Intent is very significant, but then, what vendor would justify the > choice of ROM as "intent to prevent modifications", if this amounted > to copyright infringement?
Indeed. That nicely shows how useless any licensing discussion is when it comes to hardware design issues, including "Tivoization".
> > Vendor would be entitled to the benefit of the doubt as to the > motivations in this case, so it would likely be unenforceable anyway. >
Right. If GPL v3 comes out, there'll probably be a new task for hardware development engineers: How to find excuses for hardware that prevents software modifications and how to conceal the true intent.
Hans
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