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Free and Open Source Software will blossom overnight...
Free and Open Source Software will blossom overnight...
Posted Mar 8, 2006 23:24 UTC (Wed) by rknop (guest, #66)In reply to: Free and Open Source Software will blossom overnight... by ekj
Parent article: Jon Maddog Hall on Linux, saving money and ruling the world (ComputerWorld)
None of that will be impossible... just illegal. It's going to be a sad world, with more and more central control of what you can do legally, but you'll always be able to get a pirate copy of Photoshop if you know where to look.
-Rob
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Free and Open Source Software will blossom overnight...
Posted Mar 9, 2006 17:54 UTC (Thu) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]
"" None of that will be impossible... just illegal ""
Turning tediuos reading of many pointed urls and replys, short... it is possible!
As posted in a coment of mine, down in this thread, password protected object capabilitys are the "Real Mcoy" turning possible a web-services centered paradigma where users have total control of their machines, but where Adobe could have control of their applications and even distribute freely a demo photoshop, and sell object password protected features to it, on the internet, without fear.
Free and Open Source Software will blossom overnight...
Posted Mar 9, 2006 18:31 UTC (Thu) by mmarq (guest, #2332) [Link]
Geezz i seem to forgot... law!... here it is http://www.caplet.com/security/futurelaw/index.htm