From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 08:26:35 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 C575816A410 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:26:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E8113C478 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:26:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id l158QEKX033077 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id l158QEb7033073; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:26:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from fbsd61 ([192.168.200.61]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA24401; Mon, 5 Feb 07 00:21:22 PST Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:23:17 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: josh.carroll@psualum.com Message-Id: <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> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0702042304o3d486a53u1f07b5007d0dfa70@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:26:36 -0000 > > 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.)