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A comment on Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM. Parent comment

Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by jdjb on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:54AM (#6496074)
"What is next, you are not allowed to run a certain program on your devices?"

That's what software licensing decides. I can have perfectly valid executable binaries on my computer but if I don't have a license to use them, then it's technically illegal to ./execute

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by antocv on Friday October 04, 2013 @12:15PM (#6496219)
Thats is true. Im no angel but I do not have pirated and unlicensed software on my computers, thats one of the reasons I only use Linux and pay for IntelliJ. At least with software we have an option.

I was saying that more in the context of oppressive regimes, sorry I mean safe democratic governments, that some programs are illegal to write.

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