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Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC



On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:18:34AM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>  
> > We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that have been
> > patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the world would
> > be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem? If these
> > forces that want to convert the thought world into a bazaar succeed, we
> > may be facing a world darker than the worst nightmare.
> We may. But I aint so sure it is upta them. One of my rants here
> advocates that the debian users ally themselves with coop ISPs and setup
> a VPN (virtual private network).
> 
> If need be, we could even go online with FREEDOS. If we dont use windoz
> and other proprietary software, we disempower them. It is illegal to use
> a CB radio without registering it. people ignored the law. We still can.

How about we just use unregulated bands? Eg. big lasers scattering off
atmospheric haze, clouds etc?

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