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Is Open Source Too Open for its Own Good?
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| So what should be done? Is it inevitable that
| trapdoors will be (or maybe even already are)
| hidden away in free software? Do we need
| formal systems for vetting people who
| contribute patches? Wouldn't such systems
| destroy a key strength of open source? Is open
| source doomed to be betrayed by its own
| openness?
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http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Is-Open-Source-Too-Open-for-its-Own-Good-932940.html
Recent:
Why did Ofcom back down over DRM at the BBC?
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| Back before the Christmas break, it looked
| like Ofcom was ready to do its duty and
| stop the BBC from adding digital rights
| management technology to its high-
| definition broadcasts. After all, DRM
| doesn't actually prevent copying â even the
| BBC agrees that the scheme it's proposed
| won't stop a determined copier, and once
| that copy is on the internet, everyone else
| will be able to get at it with a couple of
| clicks.
|
| And DRM imposes social, monetary and public
| interest costs: a DRM scheme will never be
| able to embody the flexibility built into
| the law that instructs judges to carefully
| weigh up the copyright holder's exclusive
| rights against the public's legitimate use
| of copyrighted works for personal
| archiving, format-shifting, commentary,
| education, and the other traditional uses
| that have fallen outside of the exclusive
| purview of copyright corporations to
| approve.
|
| [...]
|
| I love the Beeb, honestly I do. I am just
| as worried about charter renewal in 2016 as
| anyone in White City. But how on Earth can
| the BBC's masters believe that adding DRM
| will win over the affection of the Britons
| whose support Auntie will need during the
| next government?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/09/ofcom
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