Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 18:03:48 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), oppermann@pipeline.ch, ben@rosengart.com, mike@smith.net.au, doconnor@gsoft.com.au, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: 6 days to C-DAY Message-ID: <199809090103.SAA01988@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:16:02 -0000." <199809082316.QAA18863@usr01.primenet.com>
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> > > > The only problem I can see is the new US copyright law; it's no longer > > > > allowed to have/produce/sell technologie that enables you copy/analyse/ > > > > modify copyrighted work. > > > > > > Utter bilge. > > > > Ummm. What the hell is this doing in -current? > > Mike gave the rationale for not fixing something under CAM that used > to work without CAM as "if you are doing this, you are pirating music, > so there's no reason to fix this anyway". > > While including a smiley, it seemed an attempt to chagrin the questioner > out of asking for what I believe is a perfectly reasoanble functionality > for the CAM driver, to wit: support for, minimally, SCSI II audio data > reading. Utter bilge. The intention of the message was to point out in context that the problem was one which was likely to receive low priority right now, given its limited practical applications. In wishing to comment on the topic, you should be aware that the matter is actually under consideration, and that the original plaintiff and I are acquainted and have substantial context outside of the conversation in question. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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