Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263572AbTEIXFf (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 19:05:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263573AbTEIXFe (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 19:05:34 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:12941 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263572AbTEIXFd (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 19:05:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 16:17:57 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Pavel Machek Cc: Larry McVoy , Nicolas Pitre , Dax Kelson , "Downing, Thomas" , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Message-ID: <20030509231757.GA25657@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Pavel Machek , Larry McVoy , Nicolas Pitre , Dax Kelson , "Downing, Thomas" , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20030430172107.GA25347@work.bitmover.com> <20030501022037.GC8676@work.bitmover.com> <20030509110414.GB2895@zaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030509110414.GB2895@zaurus.ucw.cz> 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 Content-Length: 1260 Lines: 30 On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:04:14PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > Those people ought to consider the benefits that BK has provided, the > > fact that any free replacement is years away, and the fact that we could > > pull the plug tomorrow and shut down the free use of BK. Balance your > > So you are essentially blackmailing us, > and expect us to like it? (What's above > statement, if not blackmail?) Either > pull the plug today, or stop flaming this > list. Better pull the plug. Pavel, someone gave me some really good insight when he said "When's the last time you saw something from Pavel that wasn't a troll?" I think you do post a some useful stuff but he does have a point, and I'll pass on rising to the bait, this troll is a little too blatant. If you really want to know how I feel on the topic, Dave stated it nicely: > From: "David S. Miller" > > See, it's not about what you're allowed to do, it's about being nice to > people especially the ones that help you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/