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Story: Torvalds criticises GPL revisions

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Linus's example doesn't really hold water for me. If I buy a piece of hardware and want to install new software on it, that should be up to me.

I quite understand that hardware manufacturers only want to support and guarantee software they supply -- they'd be crazy to do otherwise -- but I should still be free to do as I please, on the understanding that I will get no support and possibly even void the warranty by doing so. If I'm willing to take full responsibility for my actions, and accept that anything bad that happens as a result is my own stupid fault and nothing to do with the manufacturer, then where's the problem?

(The argument that users should be protected from themselves is too nannyish for me. Anyone capable of installing new software on e.g. a TiVo is also likely to be capable of understanding the possible consequences of their actions.)

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