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From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/licenses quick-guide-gplv3.html |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:40:23 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 08/01/13 21:40:23
Modified files:
licenses : quick-guide-gplv3.html
Log message:
link to meaning of drm, ticket #352193
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: quick-guide-gplv3.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- quick-guide-gplv3.html 29 Dec 2007 11:28:38 -0000 1.3
+++ quick-guide-gplv3.html 13 Jan 2008 21:40:12 -0000 1.4
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
that, we call that tivoization.</li>
<li>Laws prohibiting free software: Legislation like the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive make it a crime
-to write or share software that can break DRM. These laws should not
+to write or share software that can break DRM (Digital Restrictions
+Mismanagement; see
+<a
href="#neutralizing-laws-that-prohibit-free-software-but-not-forbidding-drm">below</a>).
These laws should not
interfere with the rights the GPL grants you.</li>
<li>Discriminatory patent deals: Microsoft has recently started telling
people that they will not sue free software users for patent infringementâas
long as you get the software from a vendor that's paying
@@ -74,7 +76,8 @@
</div>
<div class="section"
id="neutralizing-laws-that-prohibit-free-software-but-not-forbidding-drm">
<h2>Neutralizing Laws That Prohibit Free Software â But Not Forbidding
DRM</h2>
-<p>You're probably familiar with the Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on
+<p>You're probably familiar with the Digital Restrictions Mismanagement
+(DRM) on
DVDs and other media. You're probably also familiar with the laws that
make it illegal to write your own tools to bypass those restrictions, like
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2007/12/29 11:28:38 $
+$Date: 2008/01/13 21:40:12 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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