Re: [TCLUG:13414] Analogies

[Tim Neu <tim@tneu.visi.com>]

Here's an analogy from the opendvd.org website (that I somehow missed
until now)... 

Food for thought:



     "Look, it's like this - a DVD Movie is basically just a message [the
movie] written in secret code on a piece of paper. To read the
     message [watch the movie,] you need a secret decoder ring. To be a
pirate, you need a photocopier, but you don't need a
     decoder ring because you don't really care what the secret message
is, as long as your photocopier makes nice, crisp copies that
     your client (who has a decoder ring) can read. All these guys did was
make a decoder ring that works under linux, because all the
     commercial decoder rings only run on Windows [or standalone DVD
players.]" 

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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> When I think of the current DVD debate, I often try to come up with
> analogies that make the situation more understandable to the general
> public.  A subject that I often think of when looking at the open source
> movement is the neighborhood wrenchhead.  The guy that can (and
> sometimes does) take apart a car or engine, fixes it, cleans it out, and
> puts it back in great condition.  Suppose he comes across a broken part
> -- a funny looking lever, perhaps.  First off, he'd probably scour the
> local parts shops for that part.  But what if he doesn't find it?  Would
> he just give up on it?  I suppose it depends on the car ;-)  IF he felt
> it necessary, he'd probably find a person that could make a suitable
> replacement for him.  This seems to me to be the exact situation that
> Linux users who want to play DVDs (or use WinModems, funky graphics
> cards, etc., etc.) find ourselves in.  There's just one broken part that
> needs to be fixed.  That's what DeCSS is there for.
> 
> Sorry again (for the billionth time) if I'm wasting bandwidth..  I just
> had to get that thought out of my head.
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