my response: http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-05-18-011-05-NW-LF
Cheers Szemir On September 8, 2006 10:48, Neil Bower wrote: > Was reading an article ( http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7058002470.html > ) which was an interview with Richard M. Stallman and came across this: > > "Q4: Was there anything else relevant from your travels that you would like > us to know about? > > A4: I am currently in France. Here some companies sell computers whose BIOS > prevents installation of anything but Windows. Customers with a certain > amount of expertise may be able to get another BIOS from branches of the > same companies in other countries, but ordinary users won't know how to do > that. > > Also, we are concerned that the new French law, like the DMCA but even > nastier, might prohibit the replacement of the BIOS if Windows is deemed to > be a form of Digital Restrictions Management." _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
