Binary-only modules not to be banned - this time

Posted Dec 18, 2006 19:33 UTC (Mon) by CowboyJack (guest, #42308)
In reply to: Binary-only modules not to be banned - this time by arny
Parent article: Binary-only modules not to be banned - this time

I read the discussion on this,
and disagree with your analysis.

The "patch":
looks like a DMCA technical measure,
acts like a DMCA technical measure,
smells like a DMCA technical measure,
and tastes like a DMCA technical measure.
Therefore (thanks to my College Logic course):
the Patch *is* a DMCA technical measure.

Hence a mere user could go to jail for disabling the
technical measure. Good bye "Free" and "Open Source" software!

Thank God, rationality won out.

However, I understand the reasoning behind the desire to do this,
but there needs to be a better answer. Perhaps, an
opt-in "phone home" message that notifies copyright owners of
binary modules that violate the copyrights of others. This
would give a report of damage which authors could use to shut down violators. I'd turn this on in all my PCs if it was there.
I believe in copyright - as broken as it it.

G'day,
Too-long-reply Brian