-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 MJ Ray wrote: > I still don't agree with trying to rebrand DRM as restrictions, > as it's an outright lie for some sorts of DRM and that gives > opponents a quick way to discredit us.
It's a bit negative, and it potentially disassociates us from positive and attractive DRM (like Ciaran's signed binaries to prevent malicious code execution). [snip] > What about Technological Prevention Measures? I'd really like > to use TPM, as almost every use I've seen has been in the > "this hurts consumers" sense. Well...the thing is that DRM is about both prevention (you cannot access or share this file) and empowerment (you can access this file). I actually think DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a pretty good term. If it was not hijacked by people making rootkits (*cough* Sony *cough*) it'd work pretty well. DRM is about having a certain security policy applied to certain files. It's an access control system (ACS?), an access authentication system (AAS?)...it's even a policy control system (PCS?). Disclaimer: I know most aspects of DRM are about *not* allowing certain things to happen, but we should not discount positive access rights. If I have a document about my financial details, and I want to share it with Bob the stockbroker, I should be able to apply a certain DRM measure that means (a) he can read it and (b) no one else can. I usually call this DRM measure my handy public key encryption. It existed before the hype of DRM, and I am guessing OpenPGP stuff will exist after. 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4-svn4127: (MingW32) iQCVAwUBRGCWg9wG3M95JPpzAQjaxQP/c5x/Guwl1IKXEvdvwodQyvHs8OsJ2D9C KOVWcb1ClR8G6Wr7JfknbIJ1oDcXwsf/hEJWaU3CxO6gTJNerXMxAOL8sqE/pOe8 XZQBob6VOeERzYmF6WiOwd8uadpJ4kfrRJaz2y9dhdaGZjj+huO04lGTiYr1u98w zVzoz/dUcqY= =2/+z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
