La nuova versione della licenza open source piu' diffusa (GPL) che ne regola la distribuzione, proibisce di usare in qualsiasi modo il software (che utilizzi tale licenza) con prodotti che utilizzano il DRM (digital rights management)... L'idea di base e' che il DRM e' "fondamentalmente incompatibile" con i fini della free software foundation!
"ZDNet is reporting that Eben Moglen, the FSF's lead lawyer and the co-authour of GPL3, has explained that DRM is 'fundamentally incompatible' with the aims of the FSF and will be given short shrift in the latest version of the free software licence, which bans the use of 'digital restrictions' in GPL3 governed software. In his words: 'I recognise that that's a highly aggressive position, but it's not an aggression which we thought up. It's a defence related to an aggression which was launched against the people whose rights are our primary concern... We don't want our software used in a way which batters the head of the user to please somebody else. Our goal is the protection of users' rights, not movies' rights.'" We discussed the new GPL on Monday.