[maemo-developers] Opensource locked by hardware key was Re: Corporate ownership of open source projects [LWN]

[From: Raphaël Jacquot]

On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 17:22 +0000, Darius Jack wrote:
> ...
> sorry
> (cut for clarity)
> 
> I the meantime I was contacted and learneed that offered software
> was opensource (no GNU Open Sourrce licence included).
> Unfortunately software - firmware for Wifi Access Points
> is offered hardware key locked
> from the following web page
> 
> http://approsoftware.com/
> 
> I would like to know your opinion
> if opensource software (GNU Open Source licence (not included)
> intended for Linux OS,
> can be hardware key locked
> to disable its functions.
> 
> Acting that way, any opensource software for Linux can be 
> hardware key locked
> and sold for fee as a commercial product
> restricted access sourcees provided or not.
> 
> Darius
> 

you should try opensource firmwares instead, such as openwrt