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Re: Cryptogram: Palladium Only for DRM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Chown)
Wed Sep 18 16:34:04 2002
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:53:11 +0100
From: Pete Chown <Pete.Chown@skygate.co.uk>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Peter wrote:
> Hi Pete - I'm confused. Are you suggesting that I should enjoy these
> freedoms on SW which I don't have legal rights to?
No.
> If not, then I don't see how any of these freedoms are affected by Pd.
Well, how about the freedom to modify the software. You said that it
might be possible for users to compile the software themselves. This
would allow them to audit the software's function. It would not allow
them to change it, because a modified version wouldn't be trusted by the
network.
--
Pete
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