Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751112AbWIYLMq (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:12:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751143AbWIYLMp (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:12:45 -0400 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:17895 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751112AbWIYLMp (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:12:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:11:27 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Michiel de Boer cc: James Bottomley , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement In-Reply-To: <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> Message-ID: References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1940 Lines: 41 > > What is the stance of the developer team / kernel maintainers on > DRM, Trusted Computing and software patents? Does the refusal to > adopt GPLv3 as is mean that these two are more likely to emerge as > supported functionality in the Linux kernel? Are there any moral > boundaries Linux kernel developers will not cross concerning > present and new U.S. laws on technology? Are they willing to put > that in writing? Will Linux support HD-DVD and BluRay by being > slightly more tolerant to closed source binary blobs? What about > the already existant problems with the Content Scrambling System > for DVD's? I agree with Neil here. Supporting HD-DVD/BluRay/Other will probably "as simple" as integrating DVD support into the CD-only source code back when DVDs where introduced was. I suppose that HD-DVD drives will use the same ATAPI/SATA commands as DVD drives do (plus/minus the regular extras). In other words: Data read from the drive arrives as bytes that are ready to be parsed according to struct toc / whatever. There is no kernel-level translation required right now (at least it looks that way), and to watch a CSS-encrypted video, you need some extra userspace software to do so. I do not see why HD-DVD/BR should suddenly require a kernel-level CSS/Other decryptor... or did I miss something and Windows had a kernel-level deCSS all the time? > Finally, i hope that the wishes of the community of people that have only > contributed to the kernel a few times but whose combined work may equal that > of the core developers, are taken into account; as well as the wishes of > the massive amount of users of the Linux kernel. > > How about a public poll? Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/