From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262226AbTD3Qle (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:41:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262227AbTD3Qld (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:41:33 -0400 Received: from [66.62.77.7] ([66.62.77.7]:12450 "EHLO mail.gurulabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262226AbTD3Qlc (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:41:32 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:53:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Dax Kelson X-X-Sender: dkelson@mooru.gurulabs.com To: Larry McVoy Cc: "Downing, Thomas" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] In-Reply-To: <20030430135919.GB32300@work.bitmover.com> 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 Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Larry McVoy wrote: > Your post shows that you think that the reaction is bad and you even say > that the reaction is likely. You vigourously disagree with my conclusions > as to why the reaction is happening, I see that. OK, so let's try it > with a question rather than a statement: why are things like the DMCA and > DRM happening? It isn't the open source guys pushing those, obviously, > it's the corporations. So why are they doing it? DRM/DMCA do nothing to address reimplementation (it can't, see all previous posts on how it is a LEGAL activity). In my observation, DRM/DMCA addresses unauthorized audio and video content copying. So, if Open Source is all about reimplementation, and DRM/DMCA is about "protecting" audio/video content, where is the connection? Larry, this is the point YOU are missing. Dax