Moin,
Without haveing read the whole discussion, a small comment
on HDCP:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:45:46 -0700
James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The HDCP license rules require that digital *output* of DRM restricted
> content higher than certain resolutions be encrypted with HDCP.
[...]
> The license is very restrictive, but limited to only the output issues.
> However, it appears to me that the OGC could easily comply with it as
> long as all that is needed is to provide an DHCP encrypted HDMI output.
You have no idea, how restricitve the HDCP license is.
It denies you the right to give out documentation of any
system that can encrypt/decrypt HDCP streams to anyone
who does not have a HDCP licnese. It even requires that
no HDCP encryption/decryption chip is sold to any entity
who does not have a license.
I personally don't see any way how we could comply with
these restrictions while still be true to our original
goal of having a completely documented graphics card.
Also, due to this restrictions HDCP will not be possible
on anything but closed source OS, as on any other system
it'll be easily possible to intercept the data stream
in a way that would be prohibited by the license agreement.
So, if we market mostly OSS OS and embedded systems, then
the HDCP-enabled requirement for OGA falls away anyways.
Attila Kinali
--
Linux ist... wenn man einfache Dinge auch mit einer kryptischen
post-fix Sprache loesen kann
-- Daniel Hottinger
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