<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font: inherit;'>My dear friend,<br><br>software from<br>http://approsoftware.com/<br>is exactly declared as Linux open software product.<br>Unfortunately its offered as a commercial product at high charge<br>as hardware lock key is installed to make it<br>not to function without hardware lock key installed.<br><br>I have already contacted Free Software Foundation<br>asking for kind explanation<br>if it objects or not<br>to have GNU Open Source software to be commercialized<br>by installation of hardware lock key in embedded products.<br><br>Nokia Internet Tablet is one of such products<br>and acting that way Nokia can disable some libraries, functions or proprietary/non-proprietary applications, installing hardware lock key<br>making GNU open source software disabled without paying<br>extra fee/charge.<br><br>If this is just the case, GNU open source is no more free open source
software<br>under GNU lincense as to run it on embedded device <br>one will have to pay unreasonable extra fee.<br><br>As any Linux open source project/software is based on community past and present work<br>commercialization of hardware lock key protected new Linux software<br>is exactly making profit and money on community work<br>accessed for free.<br><br>Asking community to work for free to let few guys to make real money on commercialized Linux software products.<br><br>So there is no instead, as the software product offered by<br>Approsoftware.com<br>is exactly described as open source.<br>And demo version is for free, commercial Linux open source version is for fee.<br><br>Just download and install it to see the problem.<br><br>Darius<br><br><br>Just<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 5/5/08, Raphaël Jacquot <i><raphael.jacquot@imag.fr></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left:
5px;">From: Raphaël Jacquot <raphael.jacquot@imag.fr><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: Monday, 5 May, 2008, 9:22 AM<br><br><pre>On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 17:22 +0000, 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><br>you should try opensource firmwares instead, such as openwrt</pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com