Creative Commons / Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
Open-source licenses as availability plus usability; GPL v2 Tivoization versus v3, and mere aggregation.
Open-source license:
- Availability
- Usability
Availability
Software source code may be available in read-only format.
Usability
The rights that come with the software:
- To run (Right 0)
- To distribute copies
- To modify
- To distribute modifications
GPL
GNU General Public License.
v2
Linux. Did not require a not-locking clause. "Tivo"-fication.
v3
Not liked by Linus Trovalds — as it imposes conditions to prevent locking modification as in the case of Tivofication.
MereAggregation
In this case the other product does not have to come under GPL.
Updated:
2026 Aug 19
