Re:Debian Running on Rust Coreutils
by Blikkentrekker on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:59AM
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GPLv3 banned tivoization, — a practice whereby hardware certificates are used to prohibit the installation of modified software on hardware.
Some governments require that automotive manufacturers implement these kinds of certificates to prohibit the installation of custom software in automotive applications for safety reasons, as they do not wish that users could install their own, potentially buggy software, at the potential cost of human lives.
Older coreutils were licensed under GPLv2, which has no such restriction.
Some governments require that automotive manufacturers implement these kinds of certificates to prohibit the installation of custom software in automotive applications for safety reasons, as they do not wish that users could install their own, potentially buggy software, at the potential cost of human lives.
Older coreutils were licensed under GPLv2, which has no such restriction.