Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:31:06 +0100 | From | (Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias) | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders |
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Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no> writes:
> [...] > This isn't only about DRM protecting your distributed kernel. > Lets say you want to make a linux-driven home entertainment > device. And you add DRM - not to protect the kernel you don't > really care about, but in order to use protected content in a > restricted fashion. Perhaps your business also sell DVDs.
Yes, I was thinking about this situation, not talking about DRMing the kernel.
I thought that this case wasn't already covered by the GPLv2, and was one of the points addressed in the GPLv3.
> [...] > The fact that DMCA law is a restriction imposed by > government rather than the distributor makes no difference. > The distributor implicitly imposes restrictions by linking in DRM sw, just > as the distributor would implicitly impose some restrictions by > linking a proprietary-licenced object into the kernel.
Umm, the interesting question here if what happens in countries that haven't implemented the DMCA.
So it seems that this is kinda offtopic for l-k.
Thanks,
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