----- "Gunnar Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Umh, problem is the myriad of jurisdictions all over the world. This > would very easily become unfeasible. In the end, it ends up being each > user's responsability to obey the law the best way he can. Debian > helps as much as possible by only using valid, free and compatible > licensing schemes - but if in West Namibia it becomes illegal to > digitally manipulate photographies, we won't stop shipping photo > manipulation programs.
I guess the question is, staying in the arena of "100% Free", what if DRM technologies become pervasive in the United States and Europe and it literally becomes illegal to have a computer without some proprietary software in it? What if it becomes impossible to develop on a computer, legally, without compromising? Would it still be better to have a computer that is 99.9% free? Keep in mind that I'm asking this in the scenario where providing the last 0.01% as Free Software would be illegal. With the way cell phones and hosted applications are developing it might not be so far-fetched. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
