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Thread: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

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    Read atleast one of these:

    http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
    http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html

    In the future you won't be able to install Linux. Well there will be some Linux, but it will cost you and it isn't a Linux like today's world Linux's are. You won't be able to use nor make GPL software. The system is done so cleverly. Our computers will be run by Microsoft! You HAVE to use Office to open Office files. You have to use properiaty software. And this might happen this year allready!! I don't know what to do! I'm just 14.
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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    If this ever happens, computers will be almost useless. Everything will cost so much money to do anything.

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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    Quote Originally Posted by commodore
    Read atleast one of these:

    http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
    http://www.againsttcpa.com/tcpa-faq-en.html

    In the future you won't be able to install Linux. Well there will be some Linux, but it will cost you and it isn't a Linux like today's world Linux's are. You won't be able to use nor make GPL software. The system is done so cleverly. Our computers will be run by Microsoft! You HAVE to use Office to open Office files. You have to use properiaty software. And this might happen this year allready!! I don't know what to do! I'm just 14.
    FUD! No one can tell you what you can or cannot install as your operating system on your computer. Also if MSFT actually locked Linux out of all hardware, they would be bankrupt by all the lawsuits and Government action. Under existing laws it would be illegal for these companies to lock in all hardware to just Windows. TPM and DRM does not lock you out of using Linux or any of the *nixes.
    Manually installing software and setting up your system is always preferable. However, there is not one thing wrong with using Automatix for getting it done the easy way. Get Automatix2 Support Here

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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    Here is some relevant discussion on TC that took place on the forums before.

    And yes, I believe TC will fail horribly. It's a big gamble and it will fail, horribly.
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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    What exactly are they trying to achieve?

    Completely agree to the above post

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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    Quote Originally Posted by mstlyevil
    FUD!
    this is all that needs to be said. end of thread.

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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    It's not all FUD; TC has more nasty stuff in it than the fact that it will somehow undermine the GPL, it's a whole new ownership paradigm. Actually as I like to put it, for the user it's a paradigm for lack thereof.

    The fact that we see a "Computer" icon instead of "My Computer" in those Vista preview screenshots says something.
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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    The fact that we see a "Computer" icon instead of "My Computer" in those Vista preview screenshots says something.
    When they put "my computer" in there they wanted it to feel more personal. Guess they dont want that anymore.

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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    There are so many firms dealing with it that laws can't fck it up. It's done so cleverly that it won't get prohibited by law.

    People can still create Linux's, but only some Linux's will get the TC certificate and only those can be used, but those are crap.

    You can only install software that's allowed by the TC. GPL soft won't be allowed. And if some GPL soft is, you can't open other soft's formats with it.
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    Re: You can't use GPL soft and Linux in the near future! Please read!

    They have removed all the 'My' pre-fixes

    So no 'My Documents' just 'Documents'

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