Motorola gnu/linux phones

[Thomas Charron]

  No where that I can see does the GPL v3 specify that they have to be
able to.  If I have a device which will only accept, say, a signed
Linux

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On 8/13/07, mr <mrintegrity at gmail.com> wrote:
> They have to make it possible to alter or add to the gplv3 software AND to
> be able to run those modified versions, whether it's the kernel or not, that
> kind of excludes them from restricting access to the hardware. They can't
> use linux without a large cloud of other applications IE. coreutils, the
> chances of coreutils becoming gplv3 are very high as is much of the other
> required software.
>
> They either allow full access or they use old versions of the software, is
> that not how it is?
>
> Alan
>
> On 8/12/07, Thomas Charron < twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/11/07, mr < mrintegrity at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > linux isn't the only free software used on motorola phones, so it's not
> a
> > > moot point
> >
> >   If the software is running under Linux, there is no way one could
> > say that the GPL v3 should be enforced for services being provided by
> > a GPL v2 kernel.  This is why I say the motorola using gpl v3 software
> > under a gpl v2 kernel *is* a moot point.  For instance, GPLv3 software
> > running under a TiVO, the TiVO can continue to run just as it is now.
> > They don't HAVE to lock the hardware down for a given peice of
> > software, they just have to worry about the kernel, which is what
> > provides the interfaces TO the hardware.
> >
> > --
> > -- Thomas
> >
>
>


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-- Thomas