Clemens Fruhwirth wrote: > GPL3: I would like to change the cryptsetup-luks license to GPL3 > including the anti-DRM provisioning. I share the worries of FSF that > DRM is harmful to the free software movement and the users' freedom in > general. I do not share the views of a small influencal group of Linux > kernel developers that recently published their no-GPL3 > statement. Therefore, it is even more important (to me) to limit Linux > encryption technology for DRM use at user space. > > Before I start to dissect the legal situation of cryptsetup-luks, I > would like to receive a thumbs-up/no-go from recent contributors for > this intended license change to GPL3 (no in-depth GPL3 discussion > intended, as the license isn't finished at all). > Though no "direct" contributor but being the author of the x86_64 AES kernel code and though I am against DRM, too, I'm still refusing to have this kind of stuff in a license. There's (at least for Germany) some legal complications which won't allow GPLv3 as it is for certain situations (note: IANAL). It seems, however, that GPLv3 is U.S. centric in its whole design which simply means I won't support it. You can change your license to whatever you want to as it is userspace vs. kernelspace but I would ask you to think a bit more on how this license is (currently) constructed. -- Andreas Steinmetz SPAMmers use robotrap@xxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
