<html><head></head><body>I love copy left thinking. I worry that I can't sign something so provocative, because it invokes regulatory overreach. <br clear="none">
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The letter is taking a totalitarian turn, asking government to go beyond choice. I thought we were reducing the power of the FCC Iintitution, but now it is a call for extreme control.<br clear="none">
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Instead of innovation it seeks control over innovators.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 30, 2015, <a shape="rect" href="http://Valdis.Kletnieks">Valdis.Kletnieks</a>@vt.edu wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k10mail">On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:11:38 -0400, Christopher Waid said:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></pre><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">Apparently, they were of the opinion that the mere fact that I might<br clear="none">die of a heart attack a year after distributing something doesn't<br clear="none">excuse me from complying.)</blockquote><br clear="none">I don't know if it does excuse you from complying, but I say good luck<br clear="none">to the person trying to get it enforced.</blockquote><br clear="none">They could quite possibly hassle the executor of my estate if they were<br clear="none">sufficiently determined.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">But given that abandonware (both software and hardware) is a big chunk<br clear="none">of the problem, we really *do* need to address the problem of companies<br clear="none">that can't provide patches because they've gone under. Possibly a<br clear="none">requirement that they open-source the hardware/software if possible?<br clear="none">(That's another can-o-worms - consider that a big chunk of why NVidia<br clear="none">doesn't open-source their proprietary graphics drivers is because there's<br clear="none">a lot of OpenGL-related patents and trade secrets that Microsoft bought when<br clear="none">there was the big fire sale when SGI got out of the graphics market - so<br clear="none">it's quite possible that a vendor *can't* open-source it when they go<br clear="none">under due to licensing issues...)<br clear="none"></blockquote></div><br clear="none">-- Sent with <b><a shape="rect" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onegravity.k10.pro2">K-@ Mail</a></b> - the evolution of emailing.</body></html>