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[Discuss] Govt Source Code Policy



On 4/1/2016 11:31 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> The problem the FBI had even if they modified the OS themselves was
> signing it as an official update so that the phone would accept it...

The terms of the GPLv3 prohibit the use of digital signatures to prevent
the execution of modified software.

-- 
Rich P.



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