Re: GPLv3 comedy unfolding -- Comment 3452: This hurts both users and hardware vendors

[Alexander Terekhov]

http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/rt/readsay.html?filename=gplv3-draft-1&id=3452

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Comment 3452: This hurts both users and hardware vendors 

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Regarding the text: for example, the work has been installed in ROM

In section: gpl3.nonsource.p9.s2

Submitted by: juhl on 2007-06-21 at 21:27 EDT

0 agree: 

noted by juhl on 2007-06-21 at 21:27 EDT: 

If vendors switch to shipping software in ROM, then the vendor loses by
not being able to upgrade the software to ship updates, fix bug etc. But
the user loses as well since he can no longer easily get his problems
solved, can easily recieve new features etc - and the vast majority of
people don't care one bit if they can also modify the software
themselves, they just want the vendor to be able to help them fix bugs
and improve functionality. This talk about using ROM's is silly at best.

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regards,
alexander.

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