Replies to post #5052 on Distributed Digital Property Board

[goin fishn]

Thanks, Alea

I knew that the statement about Trusted Computing and TPMs being compromised was a bit fishy, from a publishing standpoint. Researchers are usually a bit more specific and careful about their conclusions, when they are publishing for purposes of review by the established scientific community.

I suppose that there will be a trade off when the code does get locked down. I would think that a significant number of today's software engineers got their start by tinkering. (or hacking)

There may evolve an open source portion of the computer world-it already exists- in which the tinkerers will have to operate from now on. The roots of it are already there.

[aleajactaest]

Freedom is obviously not the same thing as anarchy. But in some people's definitions, it is almost impossible to tell them apart! There are either no rules. Or totalitarianism.

"Hey, isn't there something in the middle there between those poles?" - As Socrates said to the Hyperboreans ...

I'm afraid Howard has finally revealed his reason. Everything else now drops into place.