Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!]

Larry McVoy
2003-04-30T17:12:56Z

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:21:49PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Larry McVoy wrote:
>
> .> Your answer has to be interesting because it seems to me that they are
> .> doing it to protect their products, their product is sometimes content,
> .> sometimes programs, sometimes both. An answer which says that open source
> .> is not part of the cause also says that open source is irrelevant.
>
> You are trying to make the case that open source developers are in the
> same group as those who illegally download copyrighted media...

No, I'm not, if that's what you think you certainly didn't get my intent.
I may have lead you to believe that or you may have guessed that, whatever,
that's not my message. I've restated a half dozen times, if you reread
that and still don't see what I am saying let's take it private and I'll
go over it again.
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