Editing TiVo (section)

===GNU General Public License and Tivoization===
{{Main|Tivoization}}
In 2006, the [[Free Software Foundation]] decided to combat TiVo's technical system of blocking users from running modified software.

This behavior, which [[Richard Stallman]] dubbed [[Tivoization]], was tackled by creating a new version of the [[GNU General Public License#Version 3|GNU General Public License]], the GNU GPLv3, which prohibits this activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/brussels-rms-transcript#tivoisation|title=Richard Stallman explains the new GPL provisions to block "tivoisation"|website=Fsfe.org|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041858/https://fsfe.org/campaigns/gplv3/brussels-rms-transcript#tivoisation|archive-date=May 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Kernel (operating system)|kernel]] of the [[operating system]] of TiVo-branded hardware, the [[Linux kernel]], is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2. The FSF's goal is to ensure that all recipients of software licensed under the GPLv3 are not restricted by hardware constraints on the modification of distributed software.

This new license provision was acknowledged by TiVo in its April 2007 [[SEC filing]]: "we may be unable to incorporate future enhancements to the GNU/Linux operating system into our software, which could adversely affect our business".<ref>{{cite web|last=McDougall|first=Paul|date=2007-06-01|title=TiVo Warns Investors New Open Source License Could Hurt Business|url=https://www.informationweek.com/tivo-warns-investors-new-open-source-license-could-hurt-business/d/d-id/1055736|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705063404/https://www.informationweek.com/tivo-warns-investors-new-open-source-license-could-hurt-business/d/d-id/1055736|archive-date=2020-07-05|access-date=2020-07-05|website=[[InformationWeek]]}}</ref>