Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:32:29 -0500 From: Tom Marchand <M0rchand@comcast.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iTunes - once again. Message-ID: <E826C493-950E-4E43-881F-44930DC143C0@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <45c6e975.Rrw0VxInM8qmFlsC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <45C64667.6020407@makeworld.com> <2100.67.184.122.32.1170656374.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <8cb6106e0702042304o3d486a53u1f07b5007d0dfa70@mail.gmail.com> <45c6e975.Rrw0VxInM8qmFlsC%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:23 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >>> Call me silly, but it seems to me you ought to be lobbying Apple >>> for Linux support. >>> >>> Get a decent Apple-made Linux player, and FreeBSD support via >>> the linux emulator would *probably* work, no? >> >> I agree, getting Apple to support iTunes on Linux is key. I don't >> know if there have been other online petitions ... > > Good luck. My guess is that open-source systems like Linux or *BSD > are considered too easily hackable, and therefore prohibited in > Apple's agreements with the recording industry. (Even if the iTunes > app itself were distributed as binary-only, having both the input > and output drivers open-source might be perceived as making it too > easy to attack the encryption.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hasn't Apple's DRM already been cracked?
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