Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Michael Banck] >> If copying is indeed the only thing which is mediated via DRM, I agree >> with you, but maybe the situation should get analyzed a bit and anyway, >> we should make it easy for large organisations (public administration, >> companies) to set a default for their users how this should work. > > I think the user education aspect is interesting. It is unhealthy for > people to think the "don't copy" bit actually works; it causes them to > make poor security decisions. Any time we can demonstrate to users > that this bit is purely advisory, it helps everyone. (Well... everyone > except those who, when shown the shortcomings of the "trusted client" > security model, believe the solution is to get rid of untrustworthy > clients.)
Yep, an in fact some people were discussing such a solution on IRC as well. There was some indication it might be accepted. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
