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What The New GPL Means For Enterprise IT: Page 3 of 3

The second is a requirement that home appliances containing GPL software must allow users to run their own modified version. This is intended to prevent devices like TiVo, which uses GPL code but requires that it be signed by the hardware vendor. However, this only affects home appliances: Enterprise vendors can still use digital signatures to lock down GPL code. The disparity is because of concerns from developers that signed code has legitimate security applications, which are more likely to be needed in the enterprise.

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