From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-138810-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1Sae4B-0002kW-Gz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:27:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ABF2BE062B; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out5.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out5.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.221]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1110E05A1 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 02:26:12 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq8FABh5yU/LziIi/2dsb2JhbABFgx2CMa52gQeCQn4NAiYCX4gdDJZ6jj6SQYEjjmqBEgOIPo1qhEAiigSCbQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,700,1330876800"; d="scan'208";a="1125185" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.206.34.34]) by icp-osb-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 02 Jun 2012 10:26:10 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61CC513E6C for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:26:10 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5zKoM3i2nGqq for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:26:04 +0800 (WST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16D472C8A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 10:26:03 +0800 (WST) Subject: [gentoo-user] Lockdown: free/open OS maker pays Microsoft ransom for the right to boot on users' computers From: William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au> To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:26:03 +0800 Message-ID: <1338603963.12172.1.camel@moriah> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fd02f536-95aa-4b43-a911-02dbd172edef X-Archives-Hash: d42fbfbb1fa6f0ae4bf5958842985ef0 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/31/lockdown-freeopen-os-maker-p.html and something I had not considered with the whole idea was even bootable cd's and usb keys for rescue will need the same privileges ... BillK