From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263391AbTDXWSA (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:18:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263520AbTDXWSA (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:18:00 -0400 Received: from almesberger.net ([63.105.73.239]:45578 "EHLO host.almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263391AbTDXWR7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:17:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:29:41 -0300 From: Werner Almesberger To: Alan Cox Cc: Timothy Miller , Jamie Lokier , Andreas Jellinghaus , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! Message-ID: <20030424192941.E1425@almesberger.net> References: <20030424083730.5F79A2127F@dungeon.inka.de> <20030424085913.GH28253@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3EA804A8.8070608@techsource.com> <1051209350.4004.6.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1051209350.4004.6.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 07:35:51PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > Either its allowed by the GPL or its not. A more important barrier than what the GPL allows might be what the Linux community accepts. If some DRM extensions are never accepted by enough of the "mainstream", they will fail to work. The main problem I see with accepting DRM functionality is that it will encourage frivolous uses of DRM, just because it's possible then. Just like most vendors instinctively default to closed source. It's also worth to keep in mind that such decisions are frequently taken by people with very different agendas, e.g. if "protected by DRM" is perceived to appeal to analysts, shareholders or potential shareholders, it may quickly become policy in many companies, just like patents did. - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/