At 07:25 PM 6/30/02 -0500, xganon wrote:

Ryan Lackey provides a detailed analysis, but he gets off to a bad start right at the beginning:

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DRM systems embedded in general purpose computers, especially if mandated, especially if implemented in the most secure practical manner (running the system in system-high DRM mode and not allowing raw hardware access to anything at any time on the platform...are evil.

So DRM systems are evil? Why? What makes them evil? There is no justification offered for this claim! Are we all supposed to accept it

as obvious?

Evil = bad = counter to our goals. One of our goals is to have general-purpose computers widely available. A DRM layer between us and the hardware is counter to that goal, ergo, undesirable from this perspective. Its like a governor in a car. Do you want one in yours? Are you willing to pay for the decreased driving flexibility and decreased reliability (extra parts, after all) of your car? What makes you think you can require one in mine? Speaking only for myself