Re: A89: U.S. Encryption Laws


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Re: A89: U.S. Encryption Laws




 > So you have a strong voice for freeware?  I can't make out exactly what you
 > support.

I think I have showed a string voice for OSS on this list several 
times. What do you mean by freeware ? Free as in free beer or as in 
free speech ? I'm less enthusiastic about the free beer side (i.e. you 
can download the binaries) but a strong supporter of the free speech
side (you can download the source). This is quite off-topic, though.

My point is that if TI built signature checking and HW protection 
into the calculator in order to allow them to make hefty profits
on selling software, then they can shoot themselves on the foot.
A cost sensitive target market with sufficient technical abilities 
can create a shadow industry of cracking the copy protection schemes. 
Therefore, TI can actually be worse off than with making smaller 
profit and leaving out the protection stuff.

If TI's main customer group is highschool students, then IMHO
it is exactly the cost sensitive, daring and able market that would be
susceptible to such a reaction.

Regards,

Zoltan


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