[U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd)

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Thursday 02 July 2009 10:44:39 Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Richard Stallman<rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> >    about a possibility which has already outworn itself (like DRM media,
> >    which seem to be getting more and more unpolular)?
> >
> > I wish we could regard DRM as a fading threat.  In music we see a
> > retreat from DRM, but in e-books the threat is increasing.
> >
> > I hope that our campaign against DRM is succeeding in building
> > opposition.  See DefectiveByDesign.org if you want to participate.
>
> You'd make me happy if I was able to access cable TV signals I have
> paid for without DRM. I can't stand having to rent cable boxes
> everywhere for the sole purpose of decoding DRM that I don't want.

i'm fairly certain you can sue over that.  i recall comcast or charter or some 
other large cable company getting spanked because they forced a lock in to 
their cable boxes thus preventing the consumer from using any other cable box 
provider.
-mike
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