I tend to agree; however, it does demonstrate that CableLabs is somewhat open to working with the Linux. <br><br>Clearly, System one and two Tivos (while proprietary) were commonly hacked -- some say with Tivo's support. This fact could not have been lost on CableLabs. This suggest that the door is open for someone (Sony, Philips, Red Hat, etc) to introduce an application that runs atop Linux, yet offers enough security to appease CableLabs.
<br><br>The CE manufacturers may not be interested in paying Microsoft a royality on every PVR type machine that uses a CableCard. Linux would be a likely alternative in these situations. <br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gabe Rubin</b> <<a href="mailto:gaberubin@gmail.com">gaberubin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joe Votour</b> <<a href="mailto:joevph@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>Somebody could disassemble the binary module and<br>figure out what it does, in combination with some
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hardware tools, but that makes it specific to the TiVo<br>CableCard reader, unless somebody else uses the same<br>chipset for PC CableCard readers (I wouldn't know).</blockquote>
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<div>This would likely violate the DMCA as it would involve what is presumably a encryption system, and one would need to decrypt it without authorization. The DMCA specifically exempts this prohibition to make interoperable systems (which this no doubt would be), but the deCSS defendants tried and lost with that defense. So this is likely a non-starter unless the company that runs cable labs allows for it. In other words, not happening.
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