On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 10:49:23 AM -0400, Lars D. Noodén
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
MSO XP on MS-Windows XP SP2 or MSO 2003 (which has DRM baked in) has
the capability that every time a document is opened, created,
edited, printed, copied, saved, or mailed that action can be
tracked.
Daniel Carrera wrote:
Lars Oppermann wrote:
While defining a DRM container is possible (as we all aggree), the
problem is with the enforcment of that container on an open platform.
'Enforce' and 'open' just don't work well together I guess ;)
Though it's not inconceivable. After all, the most
On Tuesday 01 February 2005 22:54, Daniel Carrera wrote:
Christian Einfeldt wrote:
People want DRM, so we need to eventually be able to
provide it to them, but make it OPEN.
It's more difficult than than:
* Some people want DRM.
* Some people abhor DRM.
* I doubt most people have a
Daniel Carrera wrote:
My take is that we should provide security-related features like digital
signatures and encryption. But I have problems with features that, for
example, give control of your computer to another party, or eliminate
whistle-blowing.
IMHO DRM does not necessarily give
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Daniel Carrera wrote:
[...]
Why DRM?
The main argument for DRM is to prevent the ranpant copying of
copyrighted software which was made possible by the advent of
digital technology.
[...]
I think copyright infringement is the phrase being sought.
The phrasing of
Hi guys,
I belive that we are taking to many steps at a time here when discussing
DRM. As Christian pointed out, DRM, in general, provides means for
owners of some content to control what others are allowed to do.
In oder to implement those means, the content is usualy encrypted, and
only
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Lars Oppermann wrote:
[..]
Is anyone aware of a way those two concepts can co-exist? Because as soon as
the content has been decrypted, an application could do anything with it,
which renders DRM virtually unusable on the application level. DRM on the
hardware level (like
snip..
Is anyone aware of a way those two concepts can co-exist? Because
as soon as the content has been decrypted, an application could
do anything with it, which renders DRM virtually unusable on the
application level. DRM on the hardware level (like trusted
computing) however still needs
Christian Einfeldt wrote:
snip..
Is anyone aware of a way those two concepts can co-exist? Because
as soon as the content has been decrypted, an application could
do anything with it, which renders DRM virtually unusable on the
application level. DRM on the hardware level (like trusted
computing)
Malte's talk at OOoCon2005 on Digital Signatures
(http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/presentations/friday/timmermann_digital_signatures.pdf)
touched on DRM.
I have not met many people or organisations that want DRM, but then that
may be my fault :) But for those that do, do you think
This is a complex issue. It may be wise to get professional advice from
the Software Freedom Law Center:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050201060017590
I don't know if this question lies within their legal consulting services.
But there's no harm
Daniel Carrera wrote:
This is a complex issue. It may be wise to get professional advice from
the Software Freedom Law Center:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050201060017590
I don't know if this question lies within their legal consulting services.
Alright, I think it would be good to define DRM and the issues behind it
in clear and simple terms. For those who want to dig deeper, please read
the resources section at the end of this post.
Now I'll have a go at laying out the issues.
What is DRM?
It is a term for a system
HI
Also, DRM is promoted as a feature in other office-suites, so we do
need to understand and be able to state succintly where we stand on
the issue.
We first came across this problem a couple of years ago, and our (Joerg
Heilig, technical lead, speaking for the Sun) stance at the time was
that
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