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Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

Posted Feb 9, 2007 11:56 UTC (Fri) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)
In reply to: Bitfrost: the OLPC security model by cjb
Parent article: Bitfrost: the OLPC security model

you must give the person who you distribute the code to the freedom to remove the DRM if they wish

I think I get it - the code is distributed to the child, but not to the thief, so the thief can't ask for the key. However, an other thing occured to me. As far as I know, the children can't sell or give away their laptops, i.e. can't distribute it (I could be wrong here). Can they distribute the software (including the OpenBIOS) on the laptop? GPL (even v2) gives them the right, but will the software work on any other laptop (even if they distribute the key, which is part of the software under GPLv3)?

Bye,NAR


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