[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for all of the responses and comments, and I really do mean all
of them. Light of day is my biggest goal. What strikes me about your
SENC example, Frank, is that it could only work for the particular
provider if consumers did not really understand what was being done and
that there could easily be alternatives with different technical means,
business model, and usage rights.
Josh,
Well, in the case of SENCs, they are used for navigation and legally only
ENC data from national mapping agencies is considered legitimate for
navigation in national waters. So ship operators are bound to consume
this case in whatever model is offered. Some nations offer unecrypted
ENCs with legal requirements for use. Others offer SENCs (exclusively).
I don't really mind what this does to ship operators. What seriously
bothers me is that it makes it virtually impossible to implement software
using SENC data for other purposes.
> In a sense, it serves both sides to
> take this narrow view of DRM, "It's not DRM if it isn't some awkward and
> unfair enforcement mechanism".
Well, I'm not sure who the two sides are in the above statement, nor
why exactly this statement is true. But I will against stress there
won't be much comfort with (Geo)DRM without use cases that aren't closed,
unfair and ackward.
That said, help me come up with a better term for work on a rights
framework. Time to retire the "hit me" label.
I'd certainly feel nervous walking around with a "GeoDRM" label on my
back since so many people would read this as "kick me". :-)
Best regards,
--
---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
and watch the world go round - Rush | President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
_______________________________________________
Geowanking mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
