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Dish Network Dishes Source Code for DVR
An anonymous reader writes "According to Dish
Network they are accommodating 'requests for the portions of the DISH 921
DVR source code that are subject to the GNU Public License, or GPL. In compliance
with the terms of the GPL, we are making this source code available to the public
to download. Please note that the DISH 921 DVR software also includes some proprietary
elements that are not subject to the GPL. You cannot create a working DISH 921
DVR software build without the additional proprietary code. Do not replace or
add any software to the DISH 921 DVR with items compiled from these source trees.
Doing so will void all warranties and cause the unit to fail.'"
Some geeks out there are gonna be hella busy tonight.
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warranties? warranties???? This is slashdot! WE DONT NEEDNO STINKING WARRENTIES!!!
the vogon strategy you suggest doesn't sound terribly vogon to me, more like terrestrial bypass planning.
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It should be called the GPL Public License... :)
You cannot create a working DISH 921 DVR software build without the additional proprietary code. Do not replace or add any software to the DISH 921 DVR with items compiled from these source trees.
Do not stare at DISH 921 DVR, do not taunt DISH 921 DVR, if DISH 921 DVR begins to smoke, seek shelter and cover head.
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Not that I don't agree with you, but you are missing the yackfucker's whole point.
He doesn't believe you have the right to keep your IP private. He thinks that all your IP should be open to the public. To him, it is unethical to keep it a secret.
He knows the rest of the world disagrees with him, so he drafted the GPL to allow like minded folk to start a mini-revolution. If I write some cool shit, and GPL it, and you want to use some of my cool shit, in your even cooler shit, great, but then you need to publish your cool shit to the world, and it grows. The point is, that sooner or later, if enough "starter cool shit" is out there, it would be virtually impossibly to write code that wasn't infected with the GPL, and so sooner or later, all source would be open.
This is the main difference between the yackfucker and other licenses like BSD style licenses. He doesn't want you to share, he wants it all. The BSD wants you to share what you want to share, and not share what you don't want to share.
Stated differently, Yackfucker doesn't believe in sharing, he is selling his IP for your "code futures", or probably better stated as "code options". BSD believes in sharing; once you have it, you are free to do whatever.
they developed on BSD.
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