Some of use distribute GPL software.  I’ve actually distributed the odd change or patch myself (and sent up the RTL8150 patch to the kernel maintainers).  Most of this stuff is offered source-code available on the internet.  The license is very much intact.
Which is why it’s so appauling to see the BSA director making statments like […]

And here I thought we staties were the ones on the cutting edge of cruel and unusual copyright penalties!
Seems that the French Parliament bowed to corporate interest and enshrined their 180 degree turn from their anti-discriminatory copyright stance I talked about a bit earlier.
The long and short of it is that the lawmakers in France […]

Ever see that nifty law that states you can’t sell someone a Bill of Sales? I can’t recall which one it is right now (if you’re aware, please share it). I’m assuming there might be laws against selling someone a document stating you’ve sold them nothing in other places, too.
Anyway. How’s this relate […]

DRM sucks. Not going to qualify that one, just state it.
But if you’re curious as to why DRM sucks, why not give YALB a quick look and read their excellent extrapolation of what’ll happen in a DRM’d future.
Seriously. Cars with region encoding… fun stuff. Check it out.
Once Upon a Time, in DRM […]

Basically, the French lawmakers have dropped all the provisions of the law that made it fair and left in all the provisions that make it utterly draconian.  I say we should skip all the dressing and go straight to corporal punishment for copyright infringment.
Who needs to imprison or execute rapists and murderers when there are […]

Interesting quarters are attempting to open up DRM.  The French don’t seem to believe you should be tied in to any particular media type or forced to use files you’ve purchased in particular ways.  They’ve got some draft legislation that’s going before their upper house that will force sellers of music in France to interoperate […]

Looks like the French caught wind of the fact that DRM doesn’t impinge on copyright infringment, only lawful use.  They’re proposing to allow DRM circumvention to transfer files between devices.
Also in the bill is a measure to make Apple open up their iTunes store for competitors.  Apparently they’re starting to look a bit too much […]