Facebook users: ask for Linux software

[Dotan Cohen]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 15:24, Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, there is a regrettable, seldom-mentioned but real correlation
>> between people downloading legitimate free software and people
>> downloading illegitimate, pirated free software, off Bittorrent seeds
>> and so on. If anything, because Linux is so open and tweakable, it's
>> probably easier to pirate commercial Linux apps than Windows apps.
>> There are lots of commercial copy-protection products for Windows and
>> even some for Mac OS X.
>>
>
> Seriously, you're advocating DRM?
>

Yes, he is advocating technical measures to protect IP. You do have a
technical measure (lock) to protect your office, don't you? The fact
that past, Windows-based DRM have been a failure and a problem does
not mean that a new approach is destined to the same fate. In fact,
this could be a selling point for Linux: DRM that does not interfere
with the user experience, yet effectively protects IP.


> DRM should be banned.
>

Did you write to your legal representative or king and tell him that?
That is how the process starts, you know.


> Also, its been a proven fact that Piracy does help increase sales.
>

No, it has been suggested.

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