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[News] Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell Wants the GPL to Go Stronger Against DRM

  • Subject: [News] Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell Wants the GPL to Go Stronger Against DRM
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:09:34 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Samba author: GPLv3 has further to go

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| "Some people complain a lot about the anti-DRM provisions, and I would have 
| liked to see those actually be even stronger than they are. Because currently 
| they've got some limitations in there that limits some of the anti-DRM 
| provisions of GPLv3 to only being applicable to consumer products. Which 
| means it leaves out, for example, some Samba appliances.    
| 
| "I'd like to see a future version of the GPL perhaps going a little bit 
| stronger than that and applying it to the non-consumer/enterprise appliances 
| as well" said Tridgell.  
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Samba-author-GPLv3-has-further-to-go/0,130061733,339286081,00.htm


Recent:

Torvalds' Linux is ready to go green

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| Torvalds also revealed he is glad to see the apparent demise of music 
| protected by digital rights management (DRM). In an interview last year, 
| Torvalds said he believed DRM was a "lot of hot air": a comment that he says 
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| has now been proved right.   
| 
| "I think I have been vindicated somewhat. DRM is so anti-consumer that I 
| don't see it really ever taking off," said Torvalds. 
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds-Linux-is-ready-to-go-green/0,130061733,339285555,00.htm?feed=rss
http://tinyurl.com/3xz54d


Related:

Microsoft: We Like DRM

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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y


Microsoft Tells Apple To Stop Complaining About DRM

http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/04/13/microsoft-apple-drm/


Golden Rant : Microsoft DRM's gone too far

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| Microsoft appears to have hit the wrong button on its critical
| Windows XP download service late last month, pretty well forcing
| every XP user to upgrade to Windows Media Player (WiMP) 11 if
| they (like me and many others) have the automatic download/install
| option enabled for critical updates.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=712


The Longest Suicide Note in History

,----[ Quote ]
| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
`----     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html


Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside 

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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we 
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
| 
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
| 
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926


DRM in Windows Vista

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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
| 
| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html


Macrovision update plugs zero-day DRM exploit

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| The flaw, though Symantec wasn't specific on this, involves a privilege 
| elevation bug in Macrovision secdrv.sys driver that comes bundled with 
| Windows XP and 2003 (though not Windows Vista).  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/06/macrovision_drm_update/


DRM – a big win for Microsoft

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| Recently I came to conclusion that Microsoft is the company, which profits 
| most from the Digital Rights Management. 
| I don't know the numbers, but I guess that DRM is little or no success for 
| the recording industry. To say it stopped pirating films and music would be a  
| joke. 
| Microsoft people must have known that the protection would be broken very 
| soon. So why they are implementing it after all? 
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/2/32809

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