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Similar in spirit?

Similar in spirit?

Posted Oct 5, 2006 15:51 UTC (Thu) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270)
In reply to: Similar in spirit? by ortalo
Parent article: Similar in spirit?

I'm not sure what your point is. The argument is about requirements that affect whether modified code can be installed in the device by the user, NOT about visibility of the code. I think the GPLv2 and GPLv3 sub-communities agree completely on the requirement that source code for modifications to GPLed code must be available to users.


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Check the provided sources

Posted Oct 6, 2006 13:57 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Not having the crypto keys might prevent the owner from knowing what is inside the device, e.g. to verify that the program was actually built from the provided sources. But you are right, it seems a bit far-fetched.

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