On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 09:16 -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: <snip> > Ahh... the old "well we have to, so its ok" sentiment. > > I hate that sentiment. I find it... well, I don't think I want to say it. > > At what point does the inclusion of closed source with the kernel end? At > what point do we, as consumers, say no? Sorry you think differently, but > they *are* caring about the freedom of the users, not only the freedom of > their software. MPEG, DVD (specifically CSS encryption), DRM, etc, now has > HDCP to join the group, the biggest nightmare I will ever see. None of these > HDCP compliant devices out there work correctly, and even better, do not work > with each other at all. If you're going to buy something HDCP, be damn sure > you're getting it all from the same company at the same time... you'll run > into problems, still, but less than any other way. > > I mention this because its the same thing. CSS encryption is weak and > uneccessary. Region encoding was done only so Hollywood could control their > release cycle to milk movies for all that they've got. MPEG is not the > end-all be-all of video codecs, plenty of others have come up with better > codecs now. For example, the BBC with DIRAC, designed for HD. Or Ogg > Theora. > > Why do we have DVD's with encryption? Because you, Siegbert, are ok with > being > forced into a certain path. Me? I'm not. Let the manufacturers do their > job, and support me as a customer. They can put what needs to be closed > somewhere in userspace, and open the rest. Short of that, I have no interest > in using them. > I want to make sure I understand the whole thing about closed source drivers. How long have the manufacturers had to comply to the -new- way of providing userspace drivers? I think all need to know the timeline involved here to properly access the impact on whether or not they upgrade their OS. I certainly do. Why should I upgrade to a newer kernel version that keeps me from using hardware that currently works?
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