Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Aug 2006 21:03 UTC
"With the recent release of the second draft of the GNU General Public License version 3, digital rights management is back in the news. The new draft may raise concerns about the rewording of section 3 of the license, which deals with DRM. The Free Software Foundation dislikes the term "digital rights management" and instead choose to call it digital "restrictions" management. But many people don't understand the implications of DRM on free software like Linux."
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RE[7]: I have to agree with Stallman here ...
by HappyGod on Thu 10th Aug 2006 05:16
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RE[8]: I have to agree with Stallman here ...
by Cloudy on Thu 10th Aug 2006 05:33
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You're talking about content, I'm talking about software. They are completely different.
Content is not covered by the GPL, the media player that plays it is.
Actually, I'm talking about software. The prevelant DRM solution for media playing requires signed binaries from the bootloader all the way up the stack.
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It seems to me that DRM as a concept does not fit with this license.
Making the license unlikely to be of value in the coming world of pay-per-view entertainment.