From: "Dean McEwan" <dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org>
To: szepe@pinerecords.com
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARDWARE BASED.
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 15:18:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030514151825.28616.qmail@linuxmail.org> (raw)
----- Original Message -----
From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:12:46 +0200
To: Dean McEwan <dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org>
Subject: Re: Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARWARE BASED.
> > [dean_mcewan@linuxmail.org]
> >
> > E.G. a kernel could refuse to work after one year forcing its users to
> > upgrade their kernel, preventing exploits being left in place, and
> > creators of the prefab kernels in a sticky liable mess.
>
> Well, I reckon people who have an irresistible temptation to fish
> out their C64 to play Bubble Bobble[1] every time somebody comes
> to visit would have a pretty distinct opinion on this "feature."
Hmm.. I have no problem making it so that Abandonware software is autmatically
decrypted, however that means a master key system :) and thats a no no in
our GPL world. The key would just me used by everybody :) LOL.
>
> --
> Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
>
> [1] http://www.bubandbob.com/
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2003-05-14 15:25 Digital Rights Management - An idea (limited lease, renting, expiration, verification) NON HARDWARE BASED Dean McEwan
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