From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263510AbTD1Lgm (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:36:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263385AbTD1Lgm (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:36:42 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:53903 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263510AbTD1Lgk (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:36:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Why DRM exists (or: Larry's cloning complaint) From: Alan Cox To: Dax Kelson Cc: Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1051500506.2974.69.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> References: <1051500506.2974.69.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1051527010.15571.53.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 28 Apr 2003 11:50:11 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Llu, 2003-04-28 at 04:28, Dax Kelson wrote: > Larry, you did a horrible -- horrible -- job in stating your > 1. Everyone agrees that using (warezing) software in violation of it's > license is wrong. Everyone agrees that unauthorized copying of Not quite so clear. You need a "providing the license and its enforcement (eg by DRM) don't violate the local law and to an extent local society standards > Multiple competing implementations (Open Source or otherwise) is GOOD > FOR THE CONSUMER! But its not good for the Larry 8)