[Zope] Zope killed by TCPA?

[Lennart Regebro]

From: "rra42" <rra42@yahoo.co.uk>
> I got the impression that an open source document or application will
> not run on a "fritzed" PC unless the code had been signed/certified:

That would kill all type of backwards compatibility. Can you imagine a
future Windows that can not run any current application? I can't, nobody
would buy it.

> And there's more. Every program you want to execute has to be certified.

According to the TCPA this is simply incorrect. I'm sure it will be possible
to have a setting that only allowes certified code to run, this would for
example be useful on network server to protect against viruses and worms, or
when you don't want your employees to install games on companies computers.
:-) But making a version of Windows that doesn't run legacy code *at all* is
like making a completely new operating system. And who would buy that? The
reason people run windows is because there is so much software for it. And
Microsoft is well aware of that fact, and trust me, they won't make an OS
that has no software to it. They tried that once (OS/2) and it didn't work.
:-)

Also, if you wouldn't be able to run Linux on Fritzed hardware then you
wouldn't buy Fritzed hardware, and your problem would be solved. And who
would benefit from that? Well, certainly not TCPA...