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DateThu, 24 Apr 2003 06:39:50 +0100
From viro@parcelfa ...
SubjectRe: Flame Linus to a crisp!
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:02:54PM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:

> Point for me is, that with a DRM you could 100% verify that foreign
> module Y is 100% from company Z. Or that binary product F is 100% from
> the company and can be trusted to run here or there.

Excuse me, but I don't get the last part.  You know that
	F had been built in environment of unspecified degree of security
	from source that had been kept in <--->
	written by programmers you don't know
	who had been hired in conformace with criteria <--->
	and released after passing QA of unknown quality (but you can bet
that they had missed some security holes in the past)
	under a license that almost certainly disclaims any responsibility.

Care to explain how does one get from the trust in above to "trusted to run"?
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