Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by jrockway on Thursday October 29, 2009 @03:47PM
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TI, the EFF, the DMCA, and the person that broke the crypto are all in the US. So I assumed that we were discussing the issue with respect to the US.
Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by eru on Friday October 30, 2009 @05:00AM
(#911736)
You started arguing about properties of the universe.
Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by DougBTX on Friday October 30, 2009 @05:44AM
(#911777)
Properties of the universe presumably apply in the US, though I understand that appearances can be deceiving.
Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by eru on Friday October 30, 2009 @06:14AM
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Sorry. I am just irritated by people who make it sound like it would be the other way round.
(US laws are not in general properties of the universe, though I understand that appearances can be deceiving.)
Anyway, enough arguing. Let me just say `Hitler' to close this thread by Godwin's law.
If you ask me in private, I think that copyright is no longer enforceable, and thus should be done away with. And philosophical, so called intellectual property restricts what I can do with my physical property.
My grandparent post expressed a more guarded opinion. And telling somebody that you broke his cryptosystems (or his key) before going public with it, is at least good manners.