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What Tivo did was different to "Tivoization", Tivo allowed you to install the modified GPLed software (Linux), but then prevented the proprietary software that
by pabs3 2y ago
What Tivo did was different to "Tivoization", Tivo allowed you to install the modified GPLed software (Linux), but then prevented the proprietary software that ran on top of Linux from running on modified Linux versions. What Tivo did is allowed by both GPLv2 and GPLv3 and "Tivoization" is banned by both GPLv2 and GPLv3.
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