[Intel-gfx] HDCP as a Kconfig option

[A. Wilcox]

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Hello i915 developers,

I represent Adélie Linux, a Linux distribution that has the goal of
empowering users through the true freedom that only libre software can
provide.  This new HDCP support patch for i915 has generated a lot of
talking in our community, because even though it is 'open source' it
implements hardware DRM.  We feel this to not be in the spirit of
libre software.  Hardware DRM unevenly puts all of the control in the
hands of hardware manufacturers and content producers, instead of with
the people who have paid their hard-earned money to support them.

In addition, different hardware supports different versions of HDCP,
and in some cases, display panels and hardware cannot even speak the
same version, which ends up being a nightmare for users who do not
understand how video links work and just want to see a picture on
their monitor.

As such, we, the Adélie Linux distribution, respectfully request that
the HDCP support – if added to the i915 driver (and if this is later
factored out to generic code, then the generic framework itself) – be
controllable via a CONFIG_ option in Kconfig, so that we may remove
the entire feature from the module in our kernel package.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Regards,
- --arw

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A. Wilcox (awilfox)
Project Lead, Adélie Linux
http://adelielinux.org
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