Looking forward to 2007

Looking forward to 2007

Posted Jan 14, 2007 21:14 UTC (Sun) by TRauMa (guest, #16483)
Parent article: Looking forward to 2007

'If that [anti-DRM provisions] language remains, uptake of the new license will be somewhat lower; the FSF may try to avoid that scenario by making "distribution on restrictive hardware without the associated keys" an optional permission which can be granted by the copyright holders.'

Uhm, I dont get it, what you describe is the status quo - you, as copyright holder, can make any additional permissions you want. What would (maybe) silence the critics would be dropping the anti-drm provision from the license, or moving it to the "allowed additional restrictions" section.

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