It was flattering to see Neuros referenced by the man himself on mailing list discussion. Thanks Linus!

"See? If you are actually looking for a car to hack on, you'd buy a car
with that in mind. Do the exact same thing with your Tivo. Don't buy it if
you want to hack it: buy a Neuros OSD device instead! I'm serious: the
Neuros people do *not* limit you, and in fact they encourage hacking.
Instead of whining about Tivo, do something *positive*, and support Neuros
for their better policies!

Linus"

From Linux kernel mailing list discussion
http://kerneltrap.org/node/8382 look about a quarter of the way down, it's mentioned a few times.