Thank you for the link Jonathan,
I quite agree and even applaud Creative Common's licensed material. I really enjoy open source and will donate money to whatever projects I use on this site. However, you may notice that the forum software is not open source. This was intentional because the site was growing to the point where I needed to be able to get help with keeping the site up and running when I needed it and a lot of open source cannot provide that level of support.
I also believe that software that may benefit humankind should be open source and supported by a company with donations from citizens, corporations, and the government. I, however, I do not support efforts to illegally break and distribute said software. I would rather have the creator do that themselves.
An exception to that viewpoint is any technologies that violate the concept of Fair Use. I don't support Digital Rights Management applied blindly to all media and distribution models. Rhapsody's encoding is acceptable, because you are only paying to stream music, not to own it. I don't support Sony's BluRay encoding, because there is no way to back up the video you bought. The right to back up your media was, interestingly enough, established in Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984), or more commonly known as The Betamax Case. I support clear and sensible solutions that will not hinder user's legal use of the media.
A final note on my opinion, just because I said I don't support over-reaching DRM scheme's doesn't mean I support the methods that break them. Nor will I allow discussions on the topic.
-dvsDave
I quite agree and even applaud Creative Common's licensed material. I really enjoy open source and will donate money to whatever projects I use on this site. However, you may notice that the forum software is not open source. This was intentional because the site was growing to the point where I needed to be able to get help with keeping the site up and running when I needed it and a lot of open source cannot provide that level of support.
I also believe that software that may benefit humankind should be open source and supported by a company with donations from citizens, corporations, and the government. I, however, I do not support efforts to illegally break and distribute said software. I would rather have the creator do that themselves.
An exception to that viewpoint is any technologies that violate the concept of Fair Use. I don't support Digital Rights Management applied blindly to all media and distribution models. Rhapsody's encoding is acceptable, because you are only paying to stream music, not to own it. I don't support Sony's BluRay encoding, because there is no way to back up the video you bought. The right to back up your media was, interestingly enough, established in Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, 464 U.S. 417 (1984), or more commonly known as The Betamax Case. I support clear and sensible solutions that will not hinder user's legal use of the media.
A final note on my opinion, just because I said I don't support over-reaching DRM scheme's doesn't mean I support the methods that break them. Nor will I allow discussions on the topic.
-dvsDave