Re: Bad ideas from Microsoft et al

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 02:03:52 MDT

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    Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
    >>(Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com>):
    >>
    >>It is extremely serious. It could easily spell the death of
    >>Open Source software among other great evils.
    >
    >
    > Even I wouldn't go quite that far...
    >
    > Open source software will never die so long as there are those
    > of us willing to produce it.
    >

    If I can't run it on my box or at least not with half the
    hardware out there as it is "trusted" compatible only or with
    90% of the content because it is "protected" from "untrusted"
    software, then O/S is in trouble. If I can't recompile a
    module or two of my OS of choice because that will invalidate my
    trusted licencse and put me in a world of hurt re content,
    sites, apps that demand known trustworthiness, then effectively
    the benefit of having the source is gone, software freedom is gone.

    I don't think I exaggerated.

    - samantha



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