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-This document shows the changes which are proposed for version three of the GNU General Public License which deal with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). It includes public comments made by Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen.
-Copyright (c) 2006 Free Software Foundation Europe
+-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted -in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. -+
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- -This document is published by FSFE to aid understanding of the proposed changes to the GNU General Public License (GPL) with respect @@ -89,23 +58,38 @@ consel of FSF).
the selection of material for inclusion. Ciaran O'Riordan was responsible for those activities. --Next: Permission to circumvent restrictions, -Previous: About this document, -Up: Top -
- - -| GPLv2 | GPLv3, first draft + | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2 | +GPLv3, first draft | +||
| (no corresponding section in version two) + | (no corresponding section in version two) | -Complete Corresponding Source Code also includes any encryption + | Some countries have adopted laws prohibiting software that +enables users to escape from Digital Restrictions Management. DRM is +fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of the GPL, which is to +protect users' freedom; therefore, the GPL ensures that the software +it covers will neither be subject to, nor subject other works to, +digital restrictions from which escape is forbidden. | +
| GPLv2 | +GPLv3, first draft | +
|---|---|
| (no corresponding section in version two) | + +Complete Corresponding Source Code also includes any encryption or authorization codes necessary to install and/or execute the source code of the work, perhaps modified by you, in the recommended or principal context of use, such that its functioning in all @@ -113,17 +97,18 @@ circumstances is identical to that of the work, except as altered by your modifications. It also includes any decryption codes necessary to access or unseal the work's output. Notwithstanding this, a code need not be included in cases where use of the work normally implies the -user already has it. +user already has it. | +
http://www.ifso.ie/documents/gplv3-launch-2006-01-16.html#em-auth-codes
I would translate that for vernacular use, into "plays all the same movies".
-http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-gplv3-2006-02-25.html#tackling-drm
@@ -206,7 +191,7 @@ out of the user's control. So we thwart DRM by insisting that the user must retain the control of the machine and as long as you respect that, you can program the software to do whatever you like. -http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/torino-rms-transcript#drm-and-laws
@@ -310,30 +295,38 @@ the freedom to take the program you were given, modify it, and run the modified version to do a different thing on the same data on the same machine. --Next: Closing comments, -Previous: Defining complete source code, -Up: Top -
- - -| GPLv2 | GPLv3, first draft + | |
|---|---|---|
| GPLv2 | +GPLv3, first draft | +|
| (no corresponding section in version two) | -||
| (no corresponding section in version two) - - | No covered work constitutes part of an effective technological + | Digital Restrictions Management. + +As a free software license, this License intrinsically disfavors +technical attempts to restrict users' freedom to copy, modify, and +share copyrighted works. Each of its provisions shall be interpreted +in light of this specific declaration of the licensor's +intent. Regardless of any other provision of this License, no +permission is given to distribute covered works that illegally invade +users' privacy, nor for modes of distribution that deny users that run +covered works the full exercise of the legal rights granted by this +License. + +No covered work constitutes part of an effective technological protection measure: that is to say, distribution of a covered work as part of a system to generate or access certain data constitutes general permission at least for development, distribution and use, under this License, of other software capable of accessing the same -data. |
http://www.ifso.ie/documents/gplv3-launch-2006-01-16.html#em-not-a-tpm
@@ -357,7 +350,7 @@ law, but we do have power by giving permission to make clear where our permissions should not be mis-read under local laws that presume user disablement from mere technological existence. -http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/torino-rms-transcript#drm-and-laws
@@ -376,33 +369,31 @@ on their own software to read the output of your program.This also is a matter of recognising and respecting their freedom to develop software and use their computers.
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