From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755824AbZEVGEL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2009 02:04:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751238AbZEVGEE (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2009 02:04:04 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:45776 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750880AbZEVGED (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2009 02:04:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 22:30:51 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: James Morris Cc: Theodore Tso , Joseph Cihula , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, arjan@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, andi@firstfloor.org, chrisw@sous-sol.org, jbeulich@novell.com, peterm@redhat.com, gang.wei@intel.com, shane.wang@intel.com, John Gilmore Subject: Re: [RFC v3][PATCH 2/2] intel_txt: Intel(R) TXT and tboot kernel support Message-ID: <20090519203051.GB1362@ucw.cz> References: <4A03B9C3.9090607@intel.com> <20090512210154.GC23773@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > So we should expect a certain amount of controversy and people > > lobbying to resist the acceptance of this patch. > > FWIW, here's my response to an earlier private enquiry from John on the > topic: > > I'd prefer discussion to be public, so I don't mind leaving more > detailed discussion to that. > > There has been considerable discussion on the issue, following Linus' > statement (which I'm sure you're aware of): > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105115686114064&w=2 > > My position is similar -- people can decide for themselves whether they > want to use DRM technology. Actually, they can not. Basically, my neighbors decide if I have to use the DRM technology. Because as soon as too many of them use it ISPs/banks/youtube will just make it mandatory. I dont't think my neighbors should have that kind of power over me, and the only way to ensure that seems to be keeping TXT and similar stuff far away from mainline. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html