>> I wouldn't draw the same parallel. Repo's make common software
>> acquisition EASY... bu t all of these distro's give you the complete
>> toolset to install whatever you want from wherever you want. That's
>> what compiling is for :)
> Just like you can do with a jailbroken iphone, you have the option.
Oh, so the iPhone is OK because the Apple guys were sufficiently
incompetent in locking down their system?
[ And, yes, I think it's (lucky) incompetence on their part. I should
know: I design techniques to make such holes impossible :-(. ]
If you compare the "lockdown-ness" of early iPods to the most recent
ones, you'll see that Apple is learning and it's becoming every time
much more difficult to find a way to jailbreak their devices. I'm glad
it's hard actually, because then people really get to experience what it
means for a device to be locked down (just like I like it when people
get sued for illegally copying software, because it reminds people that
those software are not free).
In a sense, because who spend time trying to jailbreak such hardware are
actually working against the interest of Free Software: they make it
possible for some users of Free Software to buy such machines (and hence
sponsor DRM). I.e. they make the pain of DRM bearable, which makes it
that much less likely that people will reject DRM altogether.
Stefan
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