Dave Crossland wrote:
2008/7/4 simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Surely the main thing is that we preserve our freedom to understand and share the software we use to do our computation.
I propose a six-week moratorium on the use of the word 'surely' in this debate.
Using software running on other people's servers to do _our_ computation also tramples our freedom, and this is becoming more common with RIA technology.
Yup. I find it has really trampled on my freedom to have Internet cables trailing all around the house, and my freedom to be constantly worrying about keeping everything security-patched. Freedom horrible freedom!
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