Archives for drm

why I hate your freedom

Happy New Thing.   So anyway, Adam Leventhal found out AAPL hamstrung DTrace w.r.t. certain apps on Leopard (iTunes at least).  Cue inevitable Slashdottian outrage. When source code gets released under a license everyone (so long as they follow those terms) gets to port, extend, or shout about how your license isn’t free at all really. They can even choose [...]

a different DRM

I finally snuck Rails under the radar at work (in an unholy union with mod_perl – it’s been interesting) and needed to get up to date quickly. Thought I’d go for the AWDWROR Beta Book – passed on the Book + PDF combo for a few reasons I fancied saving a few trees it was [...]