encryption for authentication

encryption for authentication

Posted Jan 20, 2006 10:02 UTC (Fri) by hingo (subscriber, #14792)
In reply to: encryption for authentication by zlynx
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look

You make good points with your twisted mind :-)

I think I mostly agree with you. At least if we think about the intent and also what is reasonable, I think it is fair to say that a drm scheme (known as trusted platform module) could be used to assert what version of a software is running, as long as it is possible to install modified versions which will be correctly identified as such.

Now, if that happens, I think it is reasonable to require, that the service provider who you got the gplv3 software from, cannot deny you some services because you modified the software. I say reasonable, because this is exactly the kind of thing the license is against. Obviously the license cannot require anything from third parties nor would it be reasonable. Therefore a third party may choose not to play with me or connect my VOIP client or whatever.

This is also how I read the license, but I am painfully aware of the fact that I don't possess a twisted lawyer kind of mind which is needed to find the kind of loopholes we are looking for.

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