From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:00:16 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd) In-Reply-To: References: <20090618145128.69F27832E416@gemini.denx.de> <12fb2e608911e671661778990f2f793e.squirrel@webmail.plus.net> Message-ID: <200906251000.17822.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Wednesday 24 June 2009 20:59:11 Richard Stallman wrote: > Embedded systems using core soc silicon from a number of manufacturers > have started to use what is known as 'secure boot'. This is typically > the case in applications which utilise conditional access system software > to protect content. The emphasis on using secure boot is largely driven by > the conditional access industry itself. > > The principal purpose of these products is to restrict the public's > freedom. So it is natural that their means involve restricting our > freedom too. it sure is nice to make generalities as it makes your resulting argument so much easier to digest. the companies ive worked with could give two sh*ts about end customers tinkering with their products. they're interested in keeping their product secure from other people in their respective industry and from malicious tampering for regulation/safety purposes. -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20090625/ae03ff68/attachment-0001.pgp