[U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd)

Wolfgang Denk
2009-07-07T16:26:56Z

Dear Jon Smirl,

In message <9e4733910907070828o7517b17td411ff88c62a8902@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> I agree -- all ATMs, voting machines, slot machines, electricity
> meters, traffic lights, navigation systems, safety interlocks, etc
> should be hackable. I'm sure that no idiot teenager is going to change
> the firmware and allow an unsuspecting person to use the device.

Aren't they? Just break the seal and use a screw driver and some
other tools. And when it comes to some voting machines you don't even
need this.

You don't understand at all what we are talking about, or what
security means and how gets implemented, or what certification
procedures are about. There is no difference between conventional
(even softwre-free electro-mechanical devices) and software. There is
just a lot of clueless people.

Wolfgang Denk

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The problem ... is typical to internet discussions where the less
complex the problem is, the more idiots come in and think they have
something to contribute :-)
Ben Herrenschmidt in <1243495925.3171.134.camel@pasglop>