Actually, lots of FLOSS code produces supersecure encryption; GnuPG for example.
Digital Restrictions Management of broadcast media is harder to do than text messages or filesystem volumes. Most commercial DRM developers don't give a hoot about GNU/Linux platforms since marketshare is so small though. Sean On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Scot McSweeney-Roberts <bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 15:00, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> David, I'm curious, what's your basis for asserting that FLOSS is >> incompatible with DRM? Sun's Open Media Commons project is designed to >> allow media playback restriction. OpenIPMP >> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openipmp/) is not an active project >> AFAIK, but it is Mozilla MPL. >> > > I can't speak for David, but my own feeling on the subject is that because > the source is in the open, circumventing any restrictions would become > fairly trivial. While "security through obscurity is no security" still > holds (and is why even closed DRM has proven ineffective), it's hard to see > how FLOSS DRM would be in any way effective. At least with closed DRM, it > might take a little time to break. > > While I can't see much argument for FLOSS DRM, I can see a lot of argument > that if you're touting a DRM system, supporting FLOSS platforms is a really > good idea. Look at what happend with DVD - some kid wanted to watch DVDs on > his Linux box, the "powers that be" couldn't be bothered creating a licensed > DVD player for Linux so the kid breaks DVD's CSS, rendering CSS useless. All > it takes is one individual to break a DRM system and the exact same > superdistribution that DRM is trying to stop will quickly spread the > circumvention technique. > > Thinking about it, whatever DRM the BBC uses will be broken. Otherwise law > abiding people will then turn what could well be criminal activity just to > use the HD signal the way they currently use the SD signal. I don't see how > this is in the public interest. > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
