From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262254AbTD3RM4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:12:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262256AbTD3RM4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:12:56 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:2762 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262254AbTD3RMy (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:12:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:24:39 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Message-ID: <20030430172439.GB25347@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <200304301225_MC3-1-36B6-1BA0@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304301225_MC3-1-36B6-1BA0@compuserve.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0.5, required 4.5, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:21:49PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Larry McVoy wrote: > > .> Your answer has to be interesting because it seems to me that they are > .> doing it to protect their products, their product is sometimes content, > .> sometimes programs, sometimes both. An answer which says that open source > .> is not part of the cause also says that open source is irrelevant. > > You are trying to make the case that open source developers are in the > same group as those who illegally download copyrighted media... No, I'm not, if that's what you think you certainly didn't get my intent. I may have lead you to believe that or you may have guessed that, whatever, that's not my message. I've restated a half dozen times, if you reread that and still don't see what I am saying let's take it private and I'll go over it again. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm