Drew DeVault • 10/7/2019

Why Collabora really added Digital Restrictions Management to Weston

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This article critiques Collabora's justification for adding HDCP (a form of Digital Restrictions Management) to the Weston Wayland compositor. It argues the primary reason is financial incentive, disputes claims that HDCP is beneficial, and details the technical and ethical flaws of DRM, including its ineffectiveness, ties to non-free software, and negative impact on user freedoms.

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