Hello, On Wed, 15 Jul 2026, at 20:16, Soren Stoutner wrote: > I think Tivo *did* do something wrong. Their use of DRM to prevent users > from > installing new software on their hardware is fundamentally in conflict with > the principles of the DFSG. Specifically, it is in conflict with #3, derived > works, because Tivo was using DRM to prevent derived works from being > installed on the hardware.
Tivo did *not* prevent software from being installed on the hardware. Instead, they allowed your own software being installed, but disabled the *proprietary* software they shipped if you did. -- Cheers, Andrej
