Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!

Werner Almesberger
2003-04-27T01:19:39Z

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Redhat's kernel is unlikely to get my signature. Possibly
> at some point there will be a web of trust where that will work
> but in the first approximation distributors kernels will not
> load until I sign them.

Yes, that's exactly the "good" kind of DRM. A few things are
special in your case, though:

- the "rights owner" and the "user" are the same person
- the "user" can be trusted
- you control your firmware

Does TCPA (I suppose that's what Linus' endorsement of DRM is
about) even have the concept of user-installed keys or
certificates ?

- Werner

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