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Re: [PLUG] Mocrosoft goes open source for "Palladium"
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True. More like "exposed source" :-D
Eric
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:06:36AM -0400, kaze wrote:
> It's not actually open source is it? You can't do anything with the source
> under their license but read it, right?
>
> ==> -----Original Message-----
> ==> Subject: [PLUG] Mocrosoft goes open source for "Palladium"
> ==>
> ==>
> ==> Note the microsoft replacement for the fragile and much reviled
> ==> "Passport"
> ==> system: "Palladium".
> ==>
> ==> http://library.northernlight.com/FB20020623170000020.html?cb=0&d
> ==> x=1006&sc=0#doc
> ==>
> ==> Note that they are taking the "unusual" (for them) step of
> ==> publishing the
> ==> source code:
> ==>
> ==> > One hurdle in establishing this trust technology is getting
> ==> people to trust
> ==> > Microsoft, Levy writes. To diffuse the inevitable skepticism,
> ==> the company has
> ==> > begun educational briefings of industry groups, security
> ==> experts, government
> ==> > agencies and civil-liberties watchdogs and is taking the
> ==> unusual step of
> ==> > publishing the system's source code.
> ==>
> ==> What about all the bad things they said about Open Source?
> ==>
> ==> Eric
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