response 18 of 87:

Oct 1 21:38 UTC 2001

RE: 15 I suspect that a method will be devised whereby the use of Linux
will be safe *and* the end user won't be able to make illegal copies.  I
also suspect that lots of people will still think this is somehow unfair.

Flem, I think we agree on much here.  I don't like the trends either but
I can understand why it's come to such heavy-handedness, and lots and 
lots of users are looking like part of the problem.

This is both a people and a technology problem.  I'll put my money on
technology getting to a fair resolution, eventually.  And if people are
going to put pressure on how this technology evolves then I'd suggest
a boycott on new recordings rather than theft, given those choices.