For anyone looking for GPLv3 explanations:

Posted Sep 25, 2006 15:08 UTC (Mon) by sepreece (guest, #19270)
In reply to: For anyone looking for GPLv3 explanations: by k8to
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

You're right about music players - I forgot the various times I have updated my iPod's software. I do htink there are some devices small and narrowly purposed enough to be ROM-suitable, but I agree that mainstream music players were a poor example.