Re: [OS:N:] RFC for Free software consent based content mangement (was Reply to multiple posts at once)
James Michael DuPont <[email protected]>
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--- Johnnie Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 14:52, James Michael DuPont wrote: > > You see, this is a consent based security system that requires no > > freedoms are removed from the user. The content provider reserves > the > > right to refuse delivery of content to any other version of the > > software, the client however has the freedom to modify this > software > > and submit it to content providers for certification. > There is just one problem with this idea. What company is going to > take > the time to certify every, or even any, of the software sent them. > It > ain't going to happen. Thats right. it is a big issue, and I cannot imagine it being done by one company, but by a group. But the bigger issue is to prevent the client software from LIEING about its validity. That might need some hardware to provide the basic checksum values. mike ===== James Michael DuPont http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>