Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262393AbTENPAU (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:00:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262403AbTENPAT (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:00:19 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:32216 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262393AbTENPAR (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:00:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:12:46 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: Dean McEwan Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED. Message-ID: <20030514151246.GA1434@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20030514135256.26073.qmail@linuxmail.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030514135256.26073.qmail@linuxmail.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 19 > [dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org] > > E.G. a kernel could refuse to work after one year forcing its users to > upgrade their kernel, preventing exploits being left in place, and > creators of the prefab kernels in a sticky liable mess. Well, I reckon people who have an irresistible temptation to fish out their C64 to play Bubble Bobble[1] every time somebody comes to visit would have a pretty distinct opinion on this "feature." -- Tomas Szepe [1] http://www.bubandbob.com/ - 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/