| Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for. What I mean is Wifi Access Point built and manufactured in China by AirWave and add-on hardware key and new firmware doesn't come from China but from third party, installing hardware and software in originally delivered and manufacturer sealed box. So hardware comes from factory key free, unlocked, hardware lock is installed by developer of GNU Open Source Software to generate profit on sale of modified product (upgraded firmware). Going the same rule, Nokia can incorporate hardware key into Nokia Internet Tablet one day as well as any other manufacturer of hardware running Linux. Darius comes from http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001060.html " This concept of software freedom is embedded deeply into the GPL. As promised, we indeed have the freedom to see the Tivo source code, copy it, and change it. Since the Tivo's hardware validates the software, access to the Tivo software becomes effectively meaningless. You can modify the software all you want, but you'll never be able to run it on your own Tivo!
You might, in fact, argue that Tivo subverted the very principles of the GPL they built their business on. Richard Stallman certainly did. He felt so strongly about this perceived subversion of the GPL that he literally went back and rebuilt the GPL license to prevent what Tivo did: ..' " --- On Sat, 3/5/08, Clarence "Sparr" Risher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Clarence "Sparr" Risher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
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