Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3??

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 17 Jul 2007, at 17:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> On Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007, Stroller wrote:
>
>> I believe that even Linus - who is noted for his long-standing
>> opposition to v3 - would change his mind were he to experience this.
>> "They're using the operating system _I_ wrote to lock me out of _my
>> own_ router?!?!?!?"
>
> Linus has said it several times that he was ok with the thing Tivo  
> did.
>
> And Tivo is the reason for that clause in GPLv3.

I've seen no evidence that he said this AFTER spending a big chunk of  
his own money on hardware, plugging it into his ethernet network and  
finding himself frustrated by an inability to copy shows recorded in  
his living room to the Tivo in his den.

A problem with having well-paid and financially successful "leaders"  
is the risk of them becoming out of touch with "the common man".  
Linux is Linus' baby and he's entitled to license his code however he  
wishes but he can afford a nice sports car now and I doubt that he  
has to pay for much hardware.

I'm not saying that Linus is wrong, just that he might see things  
differently if the license he used on his software caused him time,  
inconvenience, frustration and expense. Say what you like about the  
lunatic fringe, but RMS has never forgotten that laser printer which  
he was unable to fix because the code was denied him.

Stroller.

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