On 04/26/2013 10:23 PM, Josh Howlett wrote: >> >> OK, pardon the cheap shot, but I don¹t think SDOs that have some sort of >> stewardship relationship to the Internet should ever play any part >> whatsoever in the facilitation of DRM. > > So it's ok to define protocols that manage access to services (e.g., TLS, > GSS, SASL, etc), but not to the content that might be delivered by those > same services? Barring the technicalities around around how authorisation > is enforced, I don't see a distinction. Some technicalities count: DRM schemes are always easily broken by anyone who cares. Personally, I think that's a good reason to discourage work on them. S. > > Josh. > > > Janet(UK) is a trading name of Jisc Collections and Janet Limited, a > not-for-profit company which is registered in England under No. 2881024 > and whose Registered Office is at Lumen House, Library Avenue, > Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 0SG. VAT No. 614944238 >