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SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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david@lang.hm writes:

> no, saying that the result must be acceptable to other software (in
> this case the software running in the BIOS) is not part of the source
> code.

Why not? The digital signature is a statement (which translates
roughly to "Tivo approves this") to be used in a computer in order to
bring about a certain result. That result is making it boot on the
PVR. Source code simply means the original forms or inputs used to
generate machine-readable statements.

Michael Poole

>> 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
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