From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750957AbWLOHIQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:08:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751181AbWLOHIQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:08:16 -0500 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:1526 "EHLO 1wt.eu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750957AbWLOHIP (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:08:15 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 874 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:08:14 EST Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:53:17 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Michael ODonald Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, gregkh@suse.de Subject: Re: Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules) Message-ID: <20061215065317.GE24090@1wt.eu> References: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 01:09:06PM -0800, Michael ODonald wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > DMCA is bad because it puts technical limits over > > the rights expressly granted by copyright law. > > The best ways to get rich corporations on our side in fighting the > DMCA is to use the DMCA to hurt their profits. Companies that rely on > binary drivers would have several options: > > 1) Lobby politicians to repeal the DMCA, thereby allowing the > companies to *internally* circumvent Linux’s GPL-only > pseudo-restriction all they want by simply changing the source code. > > 2) Release the binary drivers as open source or use their economic > clout to pressure the makers of the binary drivers. > > 3) Use FOSS-friendly hardware. > > I’m sorry, but there’s currently no economic push for repealing the > DMCA; the only people trying to abolish it are idealists who are > easily out-bought by the media cartel. This is our only chance to put > some corporate money muscle behind the otherwise doomed anti-DMCA > movement. 4) make no effort to support Linux You're not the center of the world, never forget it ! Willy