No subject


Mon Jan 9 19:25:09 UTC 2006


As to each of the Host Devices made under this
Agreement, Licensee covenants to CableLabs as follows:
(i) The Host Device, at the time manufactured,
contains no integrated circuit, ROM, RAM, software or
other device or functionality that:
  (1) enables copying or recording of Controlled
Content, other
than as permitted by the Compliance Rules or
  (2) interferes with or disables the ability of a
Cable Operator to communicate with or disable a
CableCARD or services being transmitted through a
CableCARD.
(ii) At the time of manufacture, it will maintain
control of content copies consistent with copy control
instructions or the encryption mode indicator bits
transmitted with digital signals as specified in the
OpenCable Specifications.
(iii) At the time of manufacture, it is designed to
effectively frustrate tampering and reverse
engineering directed towards defeating copy protection
requirements in accordance with the Robustness Rules.
(iv) At the time of manufacture, it will not transmit
or decode
Controlled Content received from the cable television
transmission without proper authorization from the
Cable Operator.
(v) As used in this section 9.2(c), “at the time of
manufacture” shall mean at the time of manufacture
of the Host Device and shall also include, but is not
limited to, any subsequent modifications, upgrades,
downloads, modules, plug-ins, or attachments to such
Host Device made by or at the direction of Licensee or
its Affiliates, or otherwise specifically promoted,
marketed, distributed by or at the direction of
Licensee or its Affiliates.
(vi) Licensee shall not service any licensed product
that it determines to have been modified after
manufacture to be non-Compliant.
<< End of CableLabs document>>

So, in short, Open Source will get the big red
"DENIED" stamp on CableCARD.  Our only hope is reverse
engineering outside of North America where the patents
and DMCA don't apply.

-- Joe

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