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Some common unknown truth about DeCSS
- daeken 17y agoWow, didn't think people were still distributing this. Having worked with Jon on both open source (PyMusique) and commercial (we worked at the same startup for a while) projects, I will say this: He made some stupid mistakes around DeCSS, and since has done great things for the open source community and the anti-DRM crusade in general. Before he's crucified for his anti-Linux remarks and license mishaps, bear in mind that he was all of 16 when DeCSS was released, and he's since done a lot of fully original work (alone and in teams) that's freely available.
- cesare 17y agoI agree. We all make mistakes (especially when we're young, but not only). And the Net already keeps the history of most of our faux pas anyway. More importantly, we all often change our mind as a result of learning new things and seeing things from new and different perspectives. Which is good!
- aw3c2 17y agoAll those years I glorified that hacker and ten years later it all crumbles to dust. I never knew about this, wish I did.
- cracki 17y agogrow up. he did.