Linux: GPLv3, DRM, and Exceptions (KernelTrap.org)

Linux: GPLv3, DRM, and Exceptions (KernelTrap.org)

Posted Oct 26, 2006 8:34 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)
In reply to: Linux: GPLv3, DRM, and Exceptions (KernelTrap.org) by bojan
Parent article: Linux: GPLv3, DRM, and Exceptions (KernelTrap.org)

In other words, TC means that the vendor doesn't want the user to be free to exercise the four freedoms that Stallman wants all users to have. No wonder the GPLv3 stops this.

And how exactly do you get a trustworthy md5sum/sha1sum from a device in a user's hands without TC? I was thinking in terms of a mobile phone or ADSL modem, where you might well want to not offer support if you can't confirm that the right software's running on the device; being able to check this from the other end of a phone line or e-mail conversation quickly, and avoid wasting 10 minutes while you try and support a user who's changed the software. In the TC case, you can just insist that they boot with your software before they get support.

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