From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 00:32:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595A616A400 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:32:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [63.240.77.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 247CD13C467 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:32:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from M0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from [192.168.2.4] (c-71-203-129-72.hsd1.fl.comcast.net[71.203.129.72]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2007020800323201100f01f0e>; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:32:32 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <45c6e975.Rrw0VxInM8qmFlsC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <45C64667.6020407@makeworld.com> <2100.67.184.122.32.1170656374.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <8cb6106e0702042304o3d486a53u1f07b5007d0dfa70@mail.gmail.com> <45c6e975.Rrw0VxInM8qmFlsC%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Tom Marchand Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:32:29 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: Re: iTunes - once again. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:32:38 -0000 On Feb 5, 2007, at 3:23 AM, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >>> Call me silly, but it seems to me you ought to be lobbying Apple >>> for Linux support. >>> >>> Get a decent Apple-made Linux player, and FreeBSD support via >>> the linux emulator would *probably* work, no? >> >> I agree, getting Apple to support iTunes on Linux is key. I don't >> know if there have been other online petitions ... > > Good luck. My guess is that open-source systems like Linux or *BSD > are considered too easily hackable, and therefore prohibited in > Apple's agreements with the recording industry. (Even if the iTunes > app itself were distributed as binary-only, having both the input > and output drivers open-source might be perceived as making it too > easy to attack the encryption.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hasn't Apple's DRM already been cracked?