RE: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

David Schwartz
2007-06-20T19:55:41Z

> The kernel you build from the source code that Tivo distributes must
> be accepted by Tivo's hardware without making other modifications (to
> Tivo's hardware or bootloader). If that is possible, I will retract
> what I said. If it is not possible, they are omitting part of the
> program's source code:
>
> A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be
> used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about
> a certain result.
> -- US Code, Title 17, Section 101

A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither statements nor
instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is really and
truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on.

DS