On 05/12/2007, Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't see that quote on that page. Please don't misquote us :)
I apologise, it wasn't deliberate; the point however stands, what about TIVO's freedom to run the program, for *any* purpose (emphasis mine)? They comply with the rules, you don't like what they do, so you change the rules. There's nothing stopping you changing the rules any time you see a behavior you dislike Tivo are restricting YOUR freedom to run the program for any purpose. > > You buy a Tivo, it runs free software - except that Tivo won't let you > exercise your freedoms under the GPL. It won't let you run modified GPL > licensed software on your own computer, which in this case is a Tivo. Actually TIVO complied with the GPLv2 thus my rights under the GPL were unaffected. Are you really arguing that you should be free to oppress people if you > desire? No, but I don't see what TIVO did as oppression, I don't particularly like what they did, but as I said before, software freedom should be the same as free speech. I don't like what racists like Nick Griffin or Holocaust deniers like David Irving say, but I would defend their right to say it; similarly I will defend TIVOs rights to run free software in any way. Vijay.
