<div dir="ltr">We're not talking about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management">DRM</a>. I'm not sure how that term even entered the discussion.<div><br></div><div>And I disagree with the assertion that "there is nothing in the GPL that prevents DRMs". DRM is copy protection, and prevention of copying/modification/distribution contravenes the terms of the GPL. So, anything that includes DRM is not actually distributed under the terms of the GPL, even if the developer claims that it is.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Josh Pollock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jpollock412@gmail.com" target="_blank">jpollock412@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div><font><span style="line-height:normal;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>>>"<i>My question is can I remove the part of the software that deals with this DRM and redistribute it?</i>"<br>
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<font><span style="line-height:normal;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">>Of course you can, but it can't be there in the first place and you shouldn't have to remove it. I think we agree on that.</span></font><div>
<font><span style="line-height:normal"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font><span style="line-height:normal">See, now you're almost getting my point. There is nothing in the GPL that prevents DRMs. I posted a quote from the FSF website earlier stating that clearly.</span></font></div>
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<div><br>On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, Bryan Hadaway wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><b>@Josh</b><br>
<br>"<i>it feels like a CyberChimps effort to get Pagelines out of the theme repo</i>"<br><br></div>I'm sorry you feel that way, that's pretty petty. I also don't appreciate my ethics coming into question.<br>
<br></div>You're entitled to your opinion, but I hope people would rather look at the merits of the issues here instead.<br><br></div>I think DMS is a pretty interesting and creative theme actually and if there wasn't anything here that was harmful to users there wouldn't be an issue at all. No one would have ever said anything to begin with.<br>
<br></div>And if it was your theme, my theme or anyone else' theme who's company model was questionable like this, I certainly hope it would be scrutinized just the same.<br><br></div>I don't care if DMS is in the repo, it doesn't effect me or CyberChimps in the least, so long as all these issues are worked out PageLines is welcome to submit themes to the repo like anyone else. Again, these are real issues, not even brought to the table by us and certainly not something we've fabricated.<br>
<br></div><div>Again, this issue has nothing to do with CyberChimps, I wish I didn't work for them because this issue would be no different, I'd be just as invested. I've proven time and time again that I stand up for my convictions. This isn't the first or last time I'll be involved in a heated or controversial debate.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Can we please stick to the issues and not try to turn this into a personal vendetta again.<br></div><div><br>"<i>My question is can I remove the part of the software that deals with this DRM and redistribute it?</i>"<br>
<br></div>Of course you can, but it can't be there in the first place and you shouldn't have to remove it. I think we agree on that.<br></div>
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