Re: [OS:N:] DRM and Open Source
"M. Fioretti" <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 06:31:29 at 06:31:29AM -0700, James Michael DuPont ([email protected]) wrote: > > > I don't see how DRM - in and of itself - can make open source > > unusable. > > because it is impossible to make an "open source" program that cannot > be modified to LIE about its own state. > Uh? What do you mean? You could do it, but looking at the sources, or comparing binary checksums against trusted sources one would see it was altered, right? Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Don't you wish you had more energy... or less ambition? _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>