Your source code, for sale

Ben Laurie ben at algroup.co.uk
Mon Nov 8 03:50:28 PST 2004


Tyler Durden wrote:
> 
>> What if I block the outbound "release the money" message after I
>> unbundle the images. Sure, I've already committed my money, but you
>> can't get to it. In effect I've just ripped you off, because I have
>> usable product and you don't have usable money.
> 
> 
> Well, yes, but this would be a very significant step forward from the 
> current situation. As t-->infinity the vast majority of non-payments are 
> going to be for the purpose of greed. If the payment is already 'gone', 
> then you need a whole different set of motives for wanting to screw 
> somebody even if you get nothing out of it. So in other words, you have 
> at least solved the payment problem "to the first order", with no 3rd 
> party. With fancier mechanisms I would think you can solve it to 2nd 
> order too.

How do you make the payment already "gone" without using a third party?





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