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    SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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    On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 04:07:57PM -0400, Michael Poole wrote:
    > I do not say that the BIOS is doing anything (legally) wrong. The
    > wrong act is distributing the binary kernel image without distributing
    > complete source code for it.

    So how about this idea then:

    Tivo builds a kernel for their box, and release all the sources for how
    to build exactly that kernel.

    Tivo builds a bios image for their box, and encodes into it the checksum
    of the kernel, or at least parts of it that they want to ensure are
    present and unmodified.

    Everytime the device boots, it checks the kernel image, and it the
    checksums match, it loads and runs the kernel, and otherwise it checks
    if there is a new bios image with a proper signature, updates itself and
    reboots and tries again.

    Preventing people from doing things with their own hardware certainly
    seems morally wrong, but legally, I don't see any way to prevent it.

    I suppose you could say in the license: You may not use this code in any
    way if you do what the RIPP/MPAA/etc want you to do.

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    Len Sorensen
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