Tethering Cannot Be Activated Unless iTunes is On

After I installed iOS 4.0 on my iPhone 3G, I cannot activate tethering unless I start iTunes on my Mac. Once tethering is activated, I can turn off iTunes and tethering will continue. Any idea why this behaviour happens? Thanks.

by looking at the linked article on whats required, does that mean that there is no way for a linux laptop to use the 3G of the phone when tethering is active?
To me, this seems pointless to require itunes at all. if tethering is on, on the phone, it should be seen as a wireless router to bounce through. Why did ATT set it up with these limitations?
it sounds to me like they set it up so that only a computer registered to the same itunes account as the phone can tether. So basically if I setup tethering on my phone, my wife would be unable to tether her laptop to it because its a different itunes account. is that correct?

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I just updated my 3GS from iOS 5.0.0 to 5.0.1
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next i got
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