Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:43:24 -0500 | From | Karim Yaghmour <> | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > If enough interesting content is licensed that way, DRM eventually becomes > marginalized. Yes, it takes decades, but that's really no different at all > from how the GPL works. The GPL has taken decades, and it hasn't > "marginalized" commercial proprietary software yet, but it's gotten to the > point where fewer people at least _worry_ about it. ... > 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_. > > I realize that programmers are bad at content creation. So many > programmers feel that they can't fight DRM that way. Tough. Spread the > word instead. Don't try to fight DRM the wrong way.
Bullseye.
It dawned on me after sending earlier emails that I should've mentioned the responsibility of content creators, but I'm glad I didn't, you've summed it up quite eloquently.
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