i guess i'm not getting my message across...
quoted from the article:
"Linus Torvalds has made this very clear: he will accept patches supporting
Digital Rights Management (DRM)...
...Some patches already have been proposed, and by adopting them or others
into the kernel, Linus may be creating a foothold to prevent the eventual
criminalization of free software."
"prevent the eventual criminalization of free software"
if this doesn't sound portentous then i'm an idiot - 8^)
my huntch is:
<thor Nostradamus_hat="on">
in the very near future, DRM will become a core component of the Linux
kernel.
source code will likely be included but not for the proprietary core logic
(think binary drivers).
the source code will include warnings in big letters against tampering with
either the source or binaries under penalty of DMCA.
the kernel will no longer be free as in free speech.
</thor>
and my huntches are usually somewhere in the ballpark.
maybe i'm just being parnoid but even paranoids...
thor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 22:58
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the Linux kernel!?!
>
> Bear in mind that Linus has alway been pretty agnostic about free
> software. He uses BitKeeper for his version control system. And it's
> kinda hard to pressure Linus. He keeps his own counsel on most things.
>
> > but the
> > inclusion of DRM in the kernel coupled with the anti-tampering
provisions of
> > the DMCA will mean that the Linux kernel will no longer be free as in
free
> > speech.
>
> Such patches would still be "Open Source". "Free software" means a lot
> of things, but mostly what it means is you get the source, and you get
> to tinker with it as you like, and redistribute it. Nothing in DRM
> patches violates this.
>
> We're in a continual battle against Microsoft and media companies to
> protect our ability to have a free flow of information. DeCSS is
> software that defeats one aspect of this. Open Office breaks the
> monopoly of "only Microsoft software can read Microsoft files." DRM may
> be part of an evil scheme on its face. But if we can have Open Source
> software that allows us to read DRM'd content, we're simply following a
> time-honored Open Source tradition.
>
> Paul
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