The Linux kernel and digital rights management
The Linux kernel and digital rights management
Posted May 1, 2003 4:41 UTC (Thu) by piman (guest, #8957)In reply to: The Linux kernel and digital rights management by miallen
Parent article: The Linux kernel and digital rights management
I can't fault MS for restricting what boots on "their" hardware - that is, the hardware inside their offices, owned by Microsoft. But if I buy a computer, I want to be able to do whatever I want with that computer. If everything has insane PKI limitations, we have a state where only the extremely wealthy or corporations can own anything; everyone else is just licensing - software, hardware, or otherwise.
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