This would let them sell to companies who want to only permit signed firmware im... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		easterncalculus 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Date bug in Rust-based coreutils affects Ubuntu 25... `This would let them sell to companies who want to only permit signed firmware images to run on their devices, which isn't allowed under GPLv3.` How is this not allowed under GPLv3?

sidewndr46 59 days ago | [–]

Search for "Tivoization" and the GPLv3

mort96 59 days ago | [–]

Isn't preventing "tivoization" the whole point of the GPLv3?

pabs3 58 days ago | [–]

GPv2 does that too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691997

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact