Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423055AbWBBIkF (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 03:40:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423372AbWBBIkF (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 03:40:05 -0500 Received: from [85.8.13.51] ([85.8.13.51]:30442 "EHLO smtp.drzeus.cx") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423055AbWBBIkE (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 03:40:04 -0500 Message-ID: <43E1C55A.7090801@drzeus.cx> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:39:54 +0100 From: Pierre Ossman User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Karim Yaghmour , Filip Brcic , Glauber de Oliveira Costa , Thomas Horsten , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders References: <43DE57C4.5010707@opersys.com> <5d6222a80601301143q3b527effq526482837e04ee5a@mail.gmail.com> <200601302301.04582.brcha@users.sourceforge.net> <43E0E282.1000908@opersys.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1185 Lines: 29 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > The GPL already requires source code (ie non-protected content). So the > GPL already _does_ have an anti-DRM clause as far as the _software_ is > concerned. If you want to fight DRM on non-software fronts, you need to > create non-software content, and fight it _there_. > The point is not only getting access to the source code, but also being able to change it. Being able to freely study the code is only half of the beauty of the GPL. The other half, being able to change it, can be very effectively stopped using DRM. I agree with your position that the GPL should not be used to prevent implementing a DRM system, but I like the fact that it's trying to prevent DRM:ing the code itself (e.g. requiring signed binaries to run). The effect would probably be that no one can implement a DRM system that isn't easily broken, but that only demonstrates how flawed the idea of DRM is. Rgds Pierre - 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/