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On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:06:10 UTC, eandrews@bogusstar.net (Erick Andrews) wrote:

> My only concern about what "plays out" in the months and years ahead
> is hardware:  if the RIAA, Disney, et al, get their way, we may not just lose
> "fair use copyright" (in the U.S., at least) but equally worse, we will not be 
> able to get new device drivers for the "schlock" that's on the "new PC horizon".  

I'm not sure precisely what Erick is referring to here, but Microsoft's
"Palladium" system is reported (by Microsoft itself) to be open-source
and it is at least theoretically possible to port it to other systems
such as OS/2. The Trust Computing Platform Alliance specification on
which Palladium is based is also open (see http://www.trustedpc.org).

Of course, whether or not someone actually gets around to porting it
might be another question.

	Nicholas S.

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