On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 11:41 +0200, Miloslav Trmač wrote: > 2011/6/24 Tomas Mraz <tmraz@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Yes, I completely agree. What Gregory tries to emphasis here - as I > > understand it, of course he might have a different intention - is purely > > politics and I do not think, that Fedora should involve in political > > decisions in one way or another. > > Frankly, I view the DRM issue as somewhat of a red herring in this > discussion. I can't see any reasonable way to set up a TPM-based DRM > scheme for general-purpose computers: where does the trust come from? > If nothing else, there must be thousands of common computer > models/configurations; if a client connects to a music shop for the > first time, how can the music shop tell the difference between an > unmodified computer and a computer modified to record the music files? > > A company's IT department can install the computer from scratch by a > trusted employee, "measure" the system, record the results, and use > that as a baseline for the future use of the TPM within for > attestation that company. > > A maker of an entertainment console can do something similar before it > ships the device to customers. > > But for a general-purpose computer designed by a third party, I really > can't see the trust mechanism. > Mirek Perhaps you just answered your own question in reverse. Have you considered that the real goal could easily be to exclude third-parties? -Iwao -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
