What I wish the kernel developers had actually come out and said

Posted Sep 25, 2006 10:54 UTC (Mon) by anandsr21 (guest, #28562)
In reply to: What I wish the kernel developers had actually come out and said by louie
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

"We believe that the focus of the GPL should be on the elements that encourage collaborative participation, which include simplicity, enforced code-sharing, and end-user freedom."

Please remove the "end user freedom" from the list. It is not compatible with DRM. Thank you.

FSF is a end user concerned entity. This all started because of a Printer user. And the latest is because of a PVR user. The problems are the same. The GPL is being thwarted by a technological measure. If it is illegal to remove a technological measure for piracy, why is it legal to use a technological mesure for breaking GPL.