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Radu Filip wrote:
> 
> Viro, I think you have an attitude problem here. "Don't be ridiculous",
> "Rubbish", "<shrug>" don't sound very constructive or at least
> encouraging.
>[...] 
>
> These peoples are trying to solve a problem.

The "How do I make sure that only licensed software
will run on my new gizmo?" problem?

Why should an open source developer encourage this?

Ciao, ET.

PS: If you really meant security then browse around
and see how the X-Box was hacked...