still a few glitches in the system... [LWN.net]

still a few glitches in the system...

Posted Nov 20, 2012 16:03 UTC (Tue) by davidescott (guest, #58580)
In reply to: still a few glitches in the system... by drag
Parent article: Bottomley: Adventures in Microsoft UEFI Signing

What does IP have to do with this?

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still a few glitches in the system...

Posted Nov 23, 2012 0:58 UTC (Fri) by Rudd-O (guest, #61155) [Link]

Microsoft only has the power it has over you -- the power to deny your use of your stuff -- because of Intellectual Poverty.

Intellectual Poverty -- the belief that it is okay for a monopolist to punish you for your use of your property in ways he disapproves -- is obviously immoral.

If this topic interests you, Stephan Kinsella has written Against Intellectual Property, a treatise that covers this topic at length.

Have a nice day.