FC: Response to SpyTV, interactive television, and free software

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Response to:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01829.html
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:08:24 -0800 (PST)
From: "J. Eric Townsend" <jet () well com>
To: declan () well com
Subject: rms's rant that you forwarded

The book by the anti-tv folks lumps TiVo in with Microsoft et al, and
rms' parrots it without doing any research.

TiVo is based on open software (linux) and TiVo, Inc. has relased its
changes under the GPL.

TiVo has also published it's privacy practices and policies on its
website.

Maybe rms needs to learn to read before slagging people?

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From: Sameer Parekh <sameer () bpm ai>
Subject: Re: FC: SpyTV, interactive television, and lessons about free software
To: declan () well com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:57:36 -0800 (PST)

        It's far from clear that free software is safe from this same
problem.


--
sameer

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