Tivo Says It Could Suffer Under GPLv3

Preedit writes: InformationWeek is reporting that Novell and Microsoft aren't the only ones concerned about certain provisions contained within the final draft of GPLv3. "If the currently proposed version of GPLv3 is widely adopted, we may be unable to incorporate future enhancements to the GNU/Linux operating system into our software, which could adversely affect our business," TiVo warns in a regulatory filing cited by InformationWeek. The problem: Tivo boxes are Linux-based. They're also designed to shut down if the software is hacked by users trying to circumvent digital rights management features. But GPLv3 would prohibit Tivo's no-tamper setup.