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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 02:34 PM EDT |
The reason computers are so great is that you can freeze execution at any time
and inspect memory and CPU registers, fix things, basically do what you want
with your general purpose computer.
However, restrictions are coming. You can't currently keep software a trade
secret because I can actually read machine code. I can use tools to make your
program more readable, and I can see exactly what it's doing, has done, or is
going to do, and the exact process for which it will do them. Intel is creating
some new technology whereby the binary executable applications can be encrypted
and only decoded within the chip itself. Thus, I can't read the machine code,
and the machine will keep me from inspecting it. The computer will hide what
its doing?!
Give them an inch, they take a mile. We gave them copyright & patent
monopolies and didn't shorten the durations even though innovation cycles have
been shortened immensely.... Now they take the monopoly, AND engage in boot
loaders and soon encrypted machine code to help "protect" ie
"hide" their already patent and copyright protected code.
Well, I'm out. If it doesn't run FLOSS firmware and software, then I won't use
it.
Abolish copyright and patent law, no one's using them except to stifle
innovation. The "trade secrets" are alive and well (Protip: it's call
obfuscation)
-- Posted from my AMD PC w/ Coreboot BIOS on GNU/Linux
(And yes, I have reviewed every line of code I run; I'm two of those "many
eyes" that make bugs easy to see)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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