That is a very thoughtful and interesting article, Shane. We need more information of this type and, you are right, we NEED to discuss it. In the past, DRM fell into the same category as Microsoft's COM -- it does something, but I haven't the slightest idea what it is supposed to do!
Bruce Idaho, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane M. Coughlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeDOS User List" <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: [Freedos-user] [OT] DRM and Free Software...the perspective of the OpenGEM chap > Hi FreeDOS guys :) > > As well as making OpenGEM for FreeDOS, I spend time helping the Free > Software Foundation Europe. One of our big topics of late has been DRM > and 'Trusted Computing', and I have just written a little article about > it: > https://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/shane/communicating_freely/drm_trusted_computing_and_the_future_of_our_children > > I'd really value any comments you may have. > > I think these issues are really important to all Free Software > development. FreeDOS (for instance) does not really help spread > multimedia and therefore is largely excluded from the DRM conversation. > But what about in the future when only trusted software runs on trusted > hardware? Suddenly this wonderful system (FreeDOS) might not be usable > by people, even if they want to try it. We could be a victim of > circumstances. > > Just a though...it's something that has been concerning me lately. > > Shane > > -- > Shane Martin Coughlan > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > m: +447773180107 > w: www.shaneland.co.uk > --- > Projects: > http://mobility.opendawn.com http://gem.opendawn.com > http://enigmail.mozdev.org http://www.winpt.org > --- > Organisations: > http://www.fsfeurope.org http://www.fsf.org > http://www.labour.org.uk http://www.opensourceacademy.gov.uk > --- > OpenPGP: http://www.shaneland.co.uk/personalpages/shane/files/publickey.asc > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
