Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:33:12 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > >> no, one of the rules for the network is that the software must be >> certified, > > In this case you might have grounds to enforce this restriction of the > network on the network controller itself, I suppose.
how would the network controller know if the software has been modified?
> Not that you should disable the network controller entirely (this > would render the computer useless for many other purpose unrelated > with blocking connections to your network). > > You could instead arrange for the network controller to send some > signal that enables the network to recognize that the device is > running certified software.
what sort of signal can the network controller send that couldn't be forged by the OS?
how would you do this where the device is a receiver on the netwoek (such as a satellite receiver)
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