GPL 3 to Take Hard Line on DRM

sebFlyte writes "ZDNet is reporting that Eben Moglen, the FSF's lead lawyer and the co-authour of GPL3, has explained that DRM is 'fundamentally incompatible' with the aims of the FSF and will be given short shrift in the latest version of the free software licence, which bans the use of 'digital restrictions' in GPL3 governed software. In his words: 'I recognise that that's a highly aggressive position, but it's not an aggression which we thought up. It's a defence related to an aggression which was launched against the people whose rights are our primary concern... We don't want our software used in a way which batters the head of the user to please somebody else. Our goal is the protection of users' rights, not movies' rights.'" We discussed the new GPL on Monday.

Re:My problem with DRM...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds to me like you should look a distribution method called a "book".

1) Harder to copy than a web-accessible PDF
2) Conveniently sold in stores across the country.
3) Open access by flipping pages.

Re:Sony fiasco is related

[Anonymous Coward]

...especially the Sony issue, has hardened the opinions of many of us.

What...got a mouse in your pocket? What do you mean "us" [yahoo.com], pale face?

Re:My problem with DRM...

[ncc74656]

[Michael] Moore apparently eats quite well.

We have an early contender for Understatement of the Year right here, folks.

Re:Sony fiasco related?

[oringo]

even if they find their GPL'd code being used in a way that violates the agreement.

I say let's DRM all the GPL'd source codes with digital signature and make all GPL'd programs send usage information to FSF so that they can catch the bad guys!

In other news...

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BEAVERTON, OR (AP) - A large group of angry Linux users surrounded the home of Linus Torvalds, demanding that password support be put back into Linux. However, according to Torvalds, this would violate the terms of the GNU General Public License, saying that such "digital restrictions" would prevent well-meaning users from accessing their computers.

Meanwhile, a large number of sites, including the popular search engine Google, have been defaced by hackers claiming to come from a team called Micros^H^H^H^H^Hammon.