Hypervisors Can Defeat GPLv3's Anti-Tivoization

DeviceGuru writes "A hypervisor can be used to isolate from each other software works released under incompatible licenses, while allowing them to run simultaneously on the same hardware. For example, Linux and Windows CE can run on separate virtual machines on one device, without violating either OS's license. Due to the isolation between multiple VMs running atop a hypervisor, it seems like this architecture could allow companies to build Linux-based devices, such as mobile phones or set-top boxes (think TiVo), that can't be upgraded by their users without authorization, thereby circumventing the GPLv3's 'anti-tivoization' clauses." Here's a white paper with more details from a commercial hypervisor company.

Comments

Re:Bogus!

[cp.tar]

Ah-HA! So that's what it's all about!

Ah, well... then it'll just be cracked - like any other copy protection.

Re:Backfire in responce.

[morgan_greywolf]

hippocraticy? If big words give you problems, use a dictionary to learn how to spell hypocrisy. I mean, you're barely in the ball-park, the first and last letters match, and there's a "p" in the middle somewhere. No, no. I think he really meant hippocraticy -- a government for, of and by the hippos.

Re:Bogus!

[WilliamSChips]

It's like Death Note. Of course, that begs the question: is Light the FSF or Tivo?

Re:Backfire in responce.

[CopaceticOpus]

Sigh... I was so enamored with my fanciful formations that I didn't notice I wrote the wrong write. Ah well.