loopholes

loopholes

you misunderstood what I said

I said that I ship a DRM'd hardware box with NO GPL software. I have the propriatary loader on that box set to go out to a public webserver, download GPL software that's signed and install it only if the signature is valid.

at this point I have not distributed any software so no provisions of the GPl apply to me. but they would apply to the people who ship the software.

and if you depend on the "recommended or principal context of use" phrasing then recognise that it's very possible to use this as a loophole (and how large this loophole can be). trying to define the "recommended or principal context of use" is a process that can very easily be muddied. all it takes is to have one company that distributes a package that can be used for multiple things, some of which are legit by anyone's standards, some of which are of the tivo catagory. at that point it's really hard to argue sucessfully that company B's use of their software is their "recommended or principal context of use".