-- On 2 Aug 2002 at 3:31, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
More generally, as long as we have computers which allow data to be addressed as code and vice versa, the ability to control use of data will necessarily entail ability to control use of code. So, either we will get systems where circumventing copyright controls is trivial or ones where you cannot compile your own code. All the rest is just meaningless syntax.
The announced purpose of TCPA/Palladium is to introduce some intermediate cases. For example you could compile your own code, and then encrypt it so that it can only run on a specific target computer. As somone who sells code, I would think this would be a great idea, were it not for the excesses we have been seeing from the IP lobbyists. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG iB5WVaGfx+zq5Dani1KQGdZIU5Kl21LDrc7w4e1m 2PoKhj2EuUKqjKlZ/RN3VXdP0TFKxmpO/rR69KupZ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com