From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263749AbTEFNxs (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:53:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263735AbTEFNwl (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:52:41 -0400 Received: from rth.ninka.net ([216.101.162.244]:43984 "EHLO rth.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263727AbTEFNvx (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:51:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] From: "David S. Miller" To: hps@intermeta.de Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1051917020.13756.7.camel@rth.ninka.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052223188.983.39.camel@rth.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 06 May 2003 05:13:08 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 04:25, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > Well, vote with your wallet. I said this is exactly what I intend to do. And yes it is about being nice. If Linus wasn't "nice" nobody would give a shit about his project and want to work with him in the first place and Linux as we know it wouldn't exist today. If Linus, like TIVO, said "ok you can hack my kernel, but you can't ever boot one except the ones that I distribute and I'm going to enforce this by signing the kernels and not giving out the bootloader sources nor the keys I use" nobody would hack on Linux. He could certainly "do it", but he "didn't". He "didn't" because that would be "stupid". You can say whatever you want about Linus, and while he is firm in his decisions he is still "nice". Nothing in my email is about what I think TIVO "has to do". -- David S. Miller