Hi Pete - I'm confused. Are you suggesting that I should enjoy these freedoms on SW which I don't have legal rights to?
If not, then I don't see how any of these freedoms are affected by Pd. If you are suggesting that *all* SW should be made free, well that has nothing to do with Pd, does it? P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Chown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:16 AM Subject: Re: Cryptogram: Palladium Only for DRM > AARG!Anonymous wrote: > > > In addition, I have argued that trusted computing in general will work > > very well with open source software. It may even be possible to allow > > the user to build the executable himself using a standard compilation > > environment. > > This says it all. "It may even be possible for you to keep a small > subset of the freedoms you enjoy today." > > Have you seen Richard Stallman's introduction to free software? I'd be > interested to know what you think of each of the "freedoms" and whether > you think they are available under Palladium/TCPA: > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html > > (Some of the freedoms are unaffected, of course.) > > -- > Pete > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]