In fact most DVRs nowadays, especially TiVo are Linux based. MS is just not
robust enough - can you imagine a DVR that needs to be rebooted everyday?
By the way, speaking of GPL, what constitutes "changes to pre-existing GPL
software"? If a company uses a GPL software like Myth, then replaces various
modules for a different applications (say security), is that considered
"changes" or "new code"?
Anil Gupte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Slightly OT: Interesting linux tidbit
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 08:14:53AM -0500, Michael J. Lynch wrote:
The other day I accompanied my mother to a local big box electronics
store to help her purchase a sat tv system. She ended up getting a
receiver with a built in DVR. I was looking at the index for the
user's guide and noticed that one of the appendicies was the GNU GPL.
I wonder...is the source available for the box...NOT! >-) Anyway
I just thought it was interesting.
The GPL says that they must release the sources for any changes made to
pre-existing GPL software. They do not have to release the sources to
proprietary software they developed to run on top of a GPL'd operating
system. That is a popular misconception that figures prominently in
Microsoft's FUD against Linux.
I know that...hence "NOT". As a matter of fact I work for a company
that does exactly this. I'm intimately familiar with what the GPL
does and does not allow.
--
Michael J. Lynch
What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown
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