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Well let me explain it to you as you seem to be having problems.
I'll go slow just for you.

Media with DRM requires a player that can work with the DRM in the media. You can NOT allow anyone access to the code or it beomes useless. GPL-3 is trying to block such applications and certainly from being in the open source stack. (That is what Perens is crying a river over and the reason Linus T. said NO THANKS.)

Now I so suppose it could be done by taking everything out of the stack and making every bit of code proprietary but then, open source it's not.

To further complicate it, DRM is being tied to the hardware and unless the OS can address the hardware to meet the needs of the DRM application without revealing how its done then it can't work on the machine.

Linus T. understands this and it is why he has said it must be part of the kernel.

There, that wasn't so hard now was it?
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 07/27/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Guess Linus wins  Suicida| | 07/27/06
Nope, Linus said he wants nothing to do  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/06
The GPL isnt special  Suicida| | 07/27/06
It is only special in that it is so limiting.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/06
?? The GPL is limiting ??  bitfuzzy | 07/27/06
Yeah, he tells us that a lot  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/06
awwww  bitfuzzy | 07/27/06
It doesn't matter *WHAT* Linus wants  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/06
what do you mean, "why even bother"?  Colonel Panijk | 07/27/06
Theproblem stems from determining what  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 07/28/06
So don't use it  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/06
What happens when some classy slick lawyer  x3dre@... | 07/27/06
To be fair  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/06
That's the problem with the USA  x3dre@... | 07/27/06
Another failed attempt...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/06
The GPL v3 has nothing to do with DRM on media  rhavyn | 07/27/06
Well let me explain it to you as you seem to be having problems.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/27/06
Go slow for me too  NonZealot | 07/27/06
Stallman's mistake  Michael Kelly | 07/27/06
You greatly overestimate  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/27/06
New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM  Loverock Davidson | 07/27/06
Promote Your Monopoly  Ole Man | 07/27/06
Too restrictive for the common good  drorharari | 07/28/06
It is only mean to protect the copying and modification of the software  GreatInca | 09/28/06

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