Brian M Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was contemplating the conundrum of open source digital rights management, > and would like some feedback. If someone were to write digital rights > software, eg. for downloading from iTunes, could they license it under a free > software license like the GPL, with an added clause: > > "If the Program is designed to uphold digital rights management pursuant to > the distribution of copyrighted material, any modification to the Program to > undermine the terms of distribution for that copyright will violate this > license. All rights to publish, redistribute, and use the modified Program > are revoked upon violation of this clause. Derivative works may not modify > this license so as to remove this clause."
That isn't DFSG-free, no. The last sentence also reflects a curious understanding of how copyrights and licenses adhere to works. Perhaps you would be satisfied with a notice that, in the US and the EU and maybe elsewhere, it's often illegal to circumvent digital rights management technologies -- and that while your copyright doesn't stop them from doing so, the copyrights of others do. Note that this *isn't* part of the license, just a note passed along with the software. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]