[Solar-general] [Fwd: Uruguay violates GPL by deleting root on OLPCs]

[Ariel Vercelli [BC]]

Hola! Aparentemente, según el mail de John Gilmore que les copio, el
Gobierno Uruguayo podría haber violado la GPL3 con el Plan Ceibal
(Tivoización). ¿Alguien tiene más información? Saludos, Ariel


--------- Mensaje reenviado --------
> De: John Gilmore <gnu en toad.com>
> Para: Bernie Innocenti <bernie en codewiz.org>
> Cc: OLPC Devel <devel en lists.laptop.org>, Sugar Devel
> <sugar-devel en lists.sugarlabs.org>, moglen en softwarefreedom.org
> Asunto: Uruguay violates GPL by deleting root on OLPCs
> Fecha: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:32:00 -0700
> 
> > > Ignoring the fact that some deployments ship without root access.
> > 
> > Is the practice of completely locking-down the laptops something we'd
> > even want to encourage? 
> 
> Shipping the laptops TiVoized like Uruguay does has put them into serious
> legal trouble.  OLPC should definitely not encourage anybody else to do this.
> Why bankrupt your project by losing a copyright enforcement lawsuit?
> 
> Shipping the laptops without root access is a direct violation of the
> GPLv3 license on a dozen packages (probably 50+ packages in later
> Fedoras).  They have shipped binaries, while using technological means
> to deny the recipient the practical ability to upgrade or replace them
> with versions modified or chosen by the recipient.
> 
> Only an idiot would distribute hundreds of thousands of units while
> setting themselves up to pay the Free Software Foundation any amount
> of money they demand.  (Given the way OLPC and Uruguay have
> ignored the notice that they're in violation, for years, I do hope FSF
> extracts both future compliance, and its next ten years of operating
> expenses, from these scofflaws.)
> 
> Or does Uruguay think, "Sue us for copyright violation in our own
> courts -- we'll make sure you lose"??  In other words, do they
> just brazenly steal the GNU Project's software, knowing it's wrong?
> 
> 	John Gilmore
> 
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