Re: mea culpa on the meaning of Tivoization

Alexandre Oliva
2007-06-18T18:58:19Z

On Jun 18, 2007, Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@linutronix.de> wrote:

> So, if a manufacturer used a ROM instead of a flash memory with the
> intention to make software modifications impossible, then it is bad,
> and when he did it for economical reasons, then it is a "natural barrier"?

This sounds about right to me.

Intent is very significant, but then, what vendor would justify the
choice of ROM as "intent to prevent modifications", if this amounted
to copyright infringement?

Vendor would be entitled to the benefit of the doubt as to the
motivations in this case, so it would likely be unenforceable anyway.

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