-------- What does online security have to do with it? Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 01 2006 @ 10:16 PM EDT Er..."online security" has nothing to do with the discussion, that's what firewalls are for :-)
The conflict boils down to "can I force YOU to run MY binary to access MY online service". The GPLv3 says "NO!" I presume the GPLv3 says this because it's exactly what DRM systems today are doing, and they don't want GPL software to be used to implement DRM. The problem is that the EXACT same technology is used for legitimate purposes too...so by preventing the use of GPLv3 software in DRM systems, they are also preventing a whole class of useful (to somebody) services from being released under GPLv3. In other words, I cannot legally give you a binary compiled from GPLv3 code and retain the ability to validate you haven't changed it...which certainly DOES stop me from implementing DRM...but it also stops your computer from doing trustable work for me (eg http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/) Clear? -b -------- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
