Just to add to what you said: RMS and the FSF worked up the GPLv3 in response to this "Tivoization" of Software. Linus and the kernel crowd at that time were o

Just to add to what you said: RMS and the FSF worked up the GPLv3 in response to this "Tivoization" of Software. Linus and the kernel crowd at that time were on the other side of the debate. Linus' quote: "" [Stallman] calls it "tivoization", but that's a word he has made up, and a term I find offensive, so I don't choose to use it. It's offensive because Tivo never did anything wrong, and the FSF even acknowledged that. The fact that they do their hardware and have some DRM issues with the content producers and thus want to protect the integrity of that hardware. The kernel license covers the kernel. It does not cover boot loaders and hardware, and as far as I'm concerned, people who make their own hardware can design them any which way they want. Whether that means "booting only a specific kernel" or "sharks with lasers", I don't care. "" Back then Tivoization was about "consumer devices." Now that "Tivoization" is threatening to breach the walls of hacking devices, it feels a lot more personal.