Am Freitag, 1. September 2006 04:41 schrieb Jonathan S. Shapiro: > On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:24 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > I have a definition, but I do not know if you will find it useful. > > It's the best I can come up with, and it works surprisingly well in > > practice. Here it comes: > > > > A free choice is one that can be made independent of any other > > choices. > > It seems to me that what you are describing is an *independent* choice. > A free choice is one that is made without coercion. A choice between two > discrete options, each having costs and benefits, remains a free choice. That's the reason I asked. What is the definition of coercion then? The decision to use Linux and accept that I cannot use word any more in imo a free choice, but many people will say that for them this is not a free choice.
Basically, users have a free choice to disable their TPM. If the OS does not work with a disabled TPM, it remains a free choice. But the costs and benefits are not as equal as before... Regards, Chris > > Your concept is fine. It's the label that doesn't seem quite right to > me. > > shap _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
