Re: Concerning uniliateral decision making with respect to the coreutils package

Hello,

On Wed, 15 Jul 2026, at 20:16, Soren Stoutner wrote:
> I think Tivo *did* do something wrong.  Their use of DRM to prevent users from 
> installing new software on their hardware is fundamentally in conflict with 
> the principles of the DFSG.  Specifically, it is in conflict with #3, derived 
> works, because Tivo was using DRM to prevent derived works from being 
> installed on the hardware.

Tivo did *not* prevent software from being installed on the hardware. Instead, they allowed your own software being installed, but disabled the *proprietary* software they shipped if you did.