Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:04:16 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Rob <europax@home.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Open Source Development Laboratory ... Message-ID: <20010128210416.B87415@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3A7468DD.9BEA6850@home.com>; from europax@home.com on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 10:45:49AM -0800 References: <v04220802b699150e58f8@[10.0.1.2]> <200101280758.f0S7w3W18521@gratis.grondar.za> <3A7468DD.9BEA6850@home.com>
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Rob said on Jan 28, 2001 at 10:45:49: > > I believe DeCss is in the ports collection on my OpenBSD box. Rob. The decss in the ports collection of FreeBSD is something unrelated, a program to remove CSS from webpages. On a brief look at the OpenBSD site, it seems that what you're talking about is the same thing. In any case, I wouldn't argue that the BSDs go out and include illegal software in their collections. I'm only arguing that the BSD community try and be involved in the broader issues of free/open source software, through articles, discussion, public statements, whatever. The issue with DeCSS is that its purpose is to be able to play DVDs on operating systems which are not officially supported, and to do so it defeats an encryption mechanism. This would not have been illegal before the DMCA came in. The DVD case looks like a test of the DMCA, and if the DMCA survives this test, the consequences for all free software including the BSD's would be quite serious. I think the DMCA is only the first step, and it definitely looks more and more like RMS's "right to read" story http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html is coming true much faster than anyone thought ... Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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