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Open Source at TiVo

Posted by michael on from the small-price-to-pay dept.

CowboyRobot writes "ACM Queue has an article by TiVo co-founder Jim Barton, in which he explains how the company relies on open source technologies to create a closed-source product. A good lesson in how other companies can do the same. From the article: Careful management of our sources to abide by the terms of the GNU General Public License while protecting our proprietary developments is a small price to pay for this benefit."

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  1. always by yerricde · · Score: 5, Informative

    TiVo runs a modified version of Linux, which is protected by the GPL. Therefore, legally they have always been required to release their source.

    TiVo has distributed source code for the version of the Linux kernel included in the devices for as long as I can remember.

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