Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262591AbTENP2I (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:28:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262609AbTENP2H (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:28:07 -0400 Received: from denise.shiny.it ([194.20.232.1]:1965 "EHLO denise.shiny.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262591AbTENP2F (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 11:28:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.7 on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030514135256.26073.qmail@linuxmail.org> Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:40:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Giuliano Pochini To: Dean McEwan Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 578 Lines: 17 On 14-May-2003 Dean McEwan wrote: > 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. No, my computer must do what I want. Forced upgrades are a disgusting marketing practice. Bye. - 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/