On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 12:37:49PM -0500, Jeremy Hankins wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes: > > I considered that but I'm not sure how much of a threat it really is. > > Perhaps so, but in that case you should probably remove the bit about > availability of encryption keys as well. After all, the line between > them is fairly fuzzy (think of css reading software for an example). No, I think the "Content Scramble System" is pretty universally regarded as a form of encryption. > Obfuscated but lossless transformations needn't be any easier to get > clear than encryption. I'm still not convinced how practical a threat this is; anyone serious about trying to cause trouble will use encryption rather than obfuscation. > Presumably one could reasonably be expected to have (or have access > to) a computer and OS, as well as tar & gzip. But yes, it's a fuzzy > line. I think it's a bad idea to refer to specific technologies, like tar and gzip, in licenses. -- G. Branden Robinson | Human beings rarely imagine a god Debian GNU/Linux | that behaves any better than a branden@debian.org | spoiled child. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Robert Heinlein
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