It would make more sense to not rely on forward-locking for copyright-related restrictions. It all boils down to finding time to implement it.
JBQ On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Steve Barr <barr8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2/27/09, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: >> DRM in this discussion is a mechanism that allows developers to say "I >> don't want my application to be available on devices from which it can >> be copied". > > Given rooted devices, would it make more sense to look for DRM which > locked an app to a particular device ID (or user ID), no matter what > kind of device it was? It seems like the Market has to keep track of > which device (or perhaps person) downloaded/purchased which apps > already, so the user can download them again if needed. > > I'm no expert on DRM, but it seems to me there are some pieces > available for a different solution to the problem. > > Steve > > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. Please don't contact me directly. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
