From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264651AbTDZMsx (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:48:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264655AbTDZMsx (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:48:53 -0400 Received: from mail2.sonytel.be ([195.0.45.172]:55426 "EHLO mail.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264651AbTDZMsw (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:48:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:00:48 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Werner Almesberger cc: Daniel Phillips , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! In-Reply-To: <20030424201522.G1425@almesberger.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Daniel Phillips wrote: > > Open source + Linux + DRM could be used to solve the Quake client-side > > cheating problem: > > Yes, but in return you'd be excluded from playing Quake unless > you're running one of those signed kernels or modules. > > So, if I, say, want to test some TCP fix, new VM feature, file > system improvement, etc., none of the applications that rely on > DRM would work. This doesn't only affect developers, but also > their potential testers. Hence the development rate of Linux will go down, since you cannot use your Linux development box running your own development kernel for anything else, since that would require a signed kernel. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds