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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 21:24:41
bkuhn@ebb.org
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@@ -2926,15 +2926,11 @@ to enable users to link proprietary programs to modified libraries.)
 
%              should be a forward reference here
 

	
 
\label{user-product}
 
In addition, the scope of these requirements has been narrowed.  This draft
 
introduces the concept of a "User Product," which includes devices that are
 
sold for personal, family, or household use.  Distributors are only
 
required to provide installation information when they convey object code
 
in a User Product.  After some discussion with committees, we discovered
 
that the proposals in the second discussion draft would interfere with a
 
number of existing business models that don't seem to be dangerous.  We
 
believe that this compromise will achieve the greatest success in
 
preventing tivoization.
 

	
 
The scope of these requirements are narrow.  GPLv3~\S6 introduces the concept
 
of a ``User Product'', which includes devices that are sold for personal,
 
family, or household use.  Distributors are only required to provide
 
Installation Information when they convey object code in a User Product.
 

	
 
In brief, we condition the right to convey object code in a defined class of
 
``User Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever
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