<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font: inherit;'>Ok.<br>Ask your lawyer yourself first.<br>The thread is exactly about the same.<br>Making money on community developed Linux based projects<br>and corporate ownership of such projects.<br>Hardware key locked embedded hardware is exactly the way to<br>x-transfer ownership of any community developed project (open source)<br>to manufacturer of any such embedded hardware.<br><br>Darius<br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 3/5/08, Ryan Pavlik <i><abiryan@ryand.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net><br>Subject: Re: Opensource locked by hardware key was Re: Corporate ownership of open source projects [LWN]<br>To: dariusjack2006@yahoo.ie<br>Cc: maemo-developers@maemo.org, "Luca Olivetti" <luca@ventoso.org><br>Date: Saturday, 3 May, 2008, 7:51
PM<br><br><pre>Darius Jack wrote:<br>> ...<br>> sorry<br>> (cut for clarity)<br>><br>> I the meantime I was contacted and learneed that offered software<br>> was opensource (no GNU Open Sourrce licence included).<br>> Unfortunately software - firmware for Wifi Access Points<br>> is offered hardware key locked<br>> from the following web page<br>><br>> http://approsoftware.com/<br>><br>> I would like to know your opinion<br>> if opensource software (GNU Open Source licence (not included)<br>> intended for Linux OS,<br>> can be hardware key locked<br>> to disable its functions.<br>><br>> Acting that way, any opensource software for Linux can be<br>> hardware key locked<br>> and sold for fee as a commercial product<br>> restricted access sourcees provided or not.<br>><br>> Darius<br>><br>Ask your lawyer and don't hijack threads.<br><br>-- <br>Ryan
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