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2K drops DRM on Bioshock
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| ANOTHER NAIL HITS THE DRM coffin today, as 2K Games announces that it's
| droping the DRM from its PC best-seller, Bioshock.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/2k-drops-drm-bioshock
Another DRM-type nasty to eradicate:
US asked to abandon fingerprinting plans
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| THE EU SOME AIRLINES are begging the US to abandon plans that would force
| airlines to collect digital fingerprints of all foreigners departing
| the 'Land of the Free' after August 2009.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/eu-airlines-ask-abandon
People become like products. How long before there are bar-coded and shipped in
capsules? :-)
Recent:
Some learning to do?
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| Companies like Nokia need to learn the open source way of working. This means
| not only fulfilling the letter of GPL, LGPL etc. but also the spirit. In my
| mind this means integrating the corporate work with the open source
| community, participating, contributing back the code, building the code in
| open projects and not only releasing it when mandatory, not forking, etc.
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http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/2008/06/some-learning-to-do.html
Can we advance open source by sacrificing software freedom?
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| Another point that is missing from this debate is the part that is played by
| end users. Regardless of how Nokia and open source software developers view
| restrictive business practices, it is pressure from the consumer that will
| eventually make such practices untenable. Regular users are increasingly
| fighting back as they become aware of the hidden costs built into locks and
| DRM. These mechanisms are easily circumventable, and they cease to stay
| relevant when they are repeatedly cracked.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080615-advancing-oss-adoption-by-sacrificing-software-freedom.html
Nokia does not get it
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| You better start playing by the rules because else the other companies might
| do it faster than Nokia and you will lose the opportunity. Oh: And just as a
| remind: when you go open source, you *must* play by the rules by honoring the
| license of the software.
|
| Really, it’s sad to listen to things like this from someone controlling the
| company who owns Trolltech I am sure that the vice-president of companies
| like Red Hat wouldn’t say nonsense like the above. But it’s no surprise
| coming from someone in a company that seems to be absolutely in favor of
| software patents in Europe according to FFII.
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http://edulix.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/nokia-does-not-get-it/
Oh please, educate me, Nokia.
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| Nokia: “We want to educate open-source developers."
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| Oh please, educate me, Nokia. Actually, never-mind. Kiss my ass instead. BTW,
| I call it free software, not "open source".
|
| Nokia: "There are certain business rules [developers] need to obey, such as
| DRM, IPR [intellectual property rights], SIM locks and subsidised business
| models.”
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| You think I need obey? I prefer civil disobedience. DRM? Why would I obey
| your plan to steal my freedom? "Intellectual property"? What's that? There is
| Copyright law and Patent law but to my knowledge, there is no "intellectual
| property" law.
|
| It's a good idea to Boycott Nokia. They have an exceedingly imperious and
| arrogant attitude. Didn't they just buy Trolltech? Whichever pinhead from
| Nokia wrote this garbage just did a disservice to Trolltech. It makes
| Trolltech look like obedient "open source" developers who are in the process
| of being re-educated by Nokia.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Nokia_does_not_get_it#comment-3323
Ari Jaaksi of Nokia Wants to Educate the Linux Community
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| But perhaps the community has some education for Jaaksi and Nokia. Jaaksi
| hosted me at a Nokia dinner in 2000, he's a nice guy and has been interested
| in Linux for a long time. But Nokia's barking up the wrong tree this time,
| because Nokia can do everything it wants with DRM, IPR, and SIM locks without
| bothering the Linux developers about it - and both Nokia and the Linux
| developers will like it better that way. It's surprising that Nokia doesn't
| understand that at this late date.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/6/11/43198
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