On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 20:07 +0000, vijay chopra wrote: > And I'm sure the proposal for "Linux DRM" will go down well in the > FLOSS community, as well as a lead balloon anyway.
Well, Linus seems to think it's OK... http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2003042401126OSKNLL > I can see the slashdot headline already: "BBC proposing DRM for Linux" Thankfully, decisions in or outside the BBC are rarely based on /. headlines. When you say 'DRM for Linux', I doubt you mean 'DRM for the Linux kernel' I'm guessing you mean DRM for files to be played back in media players which can run on GNU/ Linux systems Amongst others, the fluendo hackers have been working on some DRM support within gstreamer - which could well find themselves in major distros. https://core.fluendo.com/gstreamer/svn/trunk/gst-fluendo-drm/ and http://blogs.gnome.org/view/uraeus/2005/12/03/0 I'm no fan of DRM at all - but to base decisions on whether to provide a codec on whether (GNU/) Linux systems 'shouldn't' have access to DRMd files might well be rather short sighted - Windows users don't deserve 'less' 'restricted' files than free software users. If it was up to the BBC, I'm guessing all BBC-originated files would be available under a DFSG/ CC approved licence. It isn't just up the the BBC, as recent announcements seem to have made clear. George (disclaimer - I work for the BBC) - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
