[Zope] Zope killed by TCPA?

[Lennart Regebro]

From: "rra42" <rra42@yahoo.co.uk>
> So it is not immediately clear that we will be able to legally allowed
> to buy non-fritzed hardware

Yes, it is immediately clear that this will be legal. What won't be legal,
and already is not legal, is to BREAK or circumvent the copyright
protection. In other words, it is illegal to run Microsoft Word or other
software without a license, and it is also illegal to break any copyright
protection that Microsoft imposes on it, including TCPA.

It is NOT illegal to run Open Office instead.

> and even then, will Intel consider that
> they want to manufacture non-fritzed chips?

Well, so buy from another manufacturer, then...

But as I said before, the TCPA sais that this description of how it's
supposed to work is incorrect. It's a technology that allows you to control
the software licensing, not a technology to prevent you from running
open-source software. This also makes sense, while the fascist control of
computers doesn't.

As far as I'm conserned, that's it when it comes to this topic. TCPA will
not stop Zope from working. If you want to discuss TCPA some more, I'm sure
there are mailing lists on this topic availiable.