TiVo didn't do that, they broke their proprietary software when it ran on a modified version of the GPLed Linux kernel.

Also, GPLv2 requires the ability to modify and reinstall, just like GPLv3.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-t...

Neither GPLv2 nor GPLv3 prevent what TiVo actually did.

https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017...