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Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by MichaelCrawford on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @11:26PM (#9736693)
The Web is the Ultimate Copy Protection

http://advogato.org/article/216.html

Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by PebblesHD on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:29AM (#9736844)
Fascinating article, and with original comments from 2000, neat! It's interesting to see the arguments for and against protections of these sorts haven't changed in a long time.
Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by MichaelCrawford on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:39AM (#9736867)
I emailed the link to RMS. (He's very good about replying to mail.) He responded by saying that he was aware of the problem, and wanted to solve it but could not do so anytime soon.
Re:Hackpad released as opensource, then nothing by MichaelCrawford on Thursday June 18, 2015 @09:31PM (#9742607)
To be clear, I mailed him the link in 2000.