You are all wondering why I removed my web site ?
That it because when I created it, I was not aware of the consequences of developing a CAM in open source for the DVB-S. If we have a working CAM, even if it needs a smartcard reader and an official subscriber smartcard, the next step will be a complete smartcardemulator. And if such an emulator exists in public, what will be the reaction of the various actors involved in this industry ? If the smartcards were secure, then we should only have to care about the licences problems. But several CA systems are completely unsecure (Mediaguard, Viaccess, Irdeto and perhaps others). Then, it would be very easy to replace the routines that exchange data with the smartcard by others that emulate the smartcard. This is a threat for the Linux DVB project : what will happen if it is widely used for illegaly watching programs with no subscription ? The driver developers are working for Convergence, which is a member of the Linux TV Alliance. I don't think they are totally free. Will they be allowed to continue the development of the driver ? I know that I can't stop the files I have released, and since I released them under the GPL license, there is nothing I can do against their propagation. Fortunately, those files are not working. But I wouldn't like that people create a "mirror" of my web site. Henri -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
