On 22-Jan-2010, at 17:58, Steffan Davies wrote: > Or use the usual open source DVB stack, read the raw EPG stream into a > closed source userspace blob and de-huff it there with licensed > tables? The LinuxTv stack appears to be under GPLv2, so no GPLv3 "keys > with the source" worries.
For now, and that does depend on the will of the developers concerned; an additional clause prohibiting this sort of thing isn’t *common*, but it’s not unheard of, either. There’s also a secondary concern here, in that the terms under which the blob is distributed do not just pertain to what you do to the blob itself, but what you let the user do to both your device (i.e., no modifications) and to the content which has been received (HDCP-only-outputs, for example). Not only do both of these have cost implications, but restrict innovation in the CE space where it relates to FVHD receivers. It is, as they say, a can of worms. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
