On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, anirudh nair wrote: > Hii Saifi > > In the article there was a mention of "Tivoization"( a user can modify the > source code all they want but they cant put a modified version on their > device). > > Now, why can't a user put the modified code on their device.
Because the hardware may not support the modified version or Because the hardware insists running a particular version. > The linux kernel comes under GPL v 2(which does not restrict tivoization). Yes thats correct, Linux kernel is under GPL v2. In fact this is also the reason why Linus Torvalds, did not want the Linux kernel to be under GPLv3. > Does this mean that i can't run a modified kernel on my system. > > Cheers > Anirudh > For one perspective ie. "wikipedia" see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization At the sametime, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project is actually shipped 'Tivoized' ! thanks Saifi. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ IRC #twincling on irc.freenode.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twincling/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twincling/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
