On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > 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. > > > 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' ! >
A related paper on "How hypervisors can defeat GPLv3's "anti-tivoization" Quick summary http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7919983982.html Detailed paper http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3899346728.html 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/
