Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:46:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
| |
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > >> they want to prevent anyone from modifying the credit card machine to >> store copies of all the card info locally. > > I see. Thanks for enlightening me. > >> you don't really answer this issue. since these boxes are required to >> be sealed and physically anti-tamper, changing the ROM is not >> acceptable. > > 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.
'sealed, but easy to replace ROM containing the programming' is a contridiction.
if a local person can easily replace the programming it doesn't meet the PCI requirements and therefor you just cannot use GPLv3 code for this sort of application.
David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |