icecow
08-03-06, 12:44 AM
This article is by Cory Doctorow. Very informative.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=MOCLCTHC45W2EQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=191000408
Interview with DefectiveByDesign
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/08/01/interview-with-defectivebydesign/
I'm highly aligned with what is written in this interview.
excerpt:
A practical example of this happened with the Tivo. The Tivo is a well known digital video recorder built using free software. The problem with the Tivo was that it was built with a secret digital signature incorporated, that meant if you modified the code (that they were obligated to give you under the terms of the free software license the GPL) and attempted to run the modified version, it would fail. This meant they had taken away what we refer to as Freedom 1, the right to tinker. As DRM becomes more prevalent, we see a world of Tivoization - the use of free software in environments that defeat the purposes of free software - becoming widespread.
bonus:
Minor alternatives to major labels; a crash course in free music online
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/07/10/minor-alternatives-to-major-labels-a-crash-course-in-free-music/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=MOCLCTHC45W2EQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=191000408
Interview with DefectiveByDesign
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/08/01/interview-with-defectivebydesign/
I'm highly aligned with what is written in this interview.
excerpt:
A practical example of this happened with the Tivo. The Tivo is a well known digital video recorder built using free software. The problem with the Tivo was that it was built with a secret digital signature incorporated, that meant if you modified the code (that they were obligated to give you under the terms of the free software license the GPL) and attempted to run the modified version, it would fail. This meant they had taken away what we refer to as Freedom 1, the right to tinker. As DRM becomes more prevalent, we see a world of Tivoization - the use of free software in environments that defeat the purposes of free software - becoming widespread.
bonus:
Minor alternatives to major labels; a crash course in free music online
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/07/10/minor-alternatives-to-major-labels-a-crash-course-in-free-music/