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:Advogato: Anti-Counterfeit Software: Implications for Open Source
Advogato: Anti-Counterfeit Software: Implications for Open Source
Jan 17, 2004, 14 :30 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (8497 reads)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"'The anti-counterfeit software in Photoshop CS was developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, an organization established by the governors of the G-10 central banks to promote the use of anti-counterfeit devices in the computer industry....The inner workings of the counterfeit deterrence system are so secret that not even Adobe is privy to them. The Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group provides the software as a black box without revealing its precise inner workings, Connor said.'

"What happens when the CBCDG wants to target Open Source...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Was this anti-counterfeit software in Ph ...   Adobe ?   
GH
Jan 17, 2004, 16:13:32
 
some greedy corporations does not even r ...   In their pursuit of money   
GreyGeek
Jan 17, 2004, 16:18:14
 
Try Nothing. Any organization who decide ...   What Happens....   
Nicholas Donovan
Jan 17, 2004, 17:52:19
 
>  Which is precisely the point the supp ...   Not money. It's Power.   
Bob Robertson
Jan 17, 2004, 19:10:22
 
I just ran into Adobecrap(tm) last week  ...   By coincidence   
Ian Rowan
Jan 17, 2004, 19:55:49
 
The anti-copying code was both secret an ...   effective measures   
geoff lane
Jan 17, 2004, 20:27:23
 
The "powers that be" really, really, wan ...   Just a prereq.   
Bill
Jan 18, 2004, 01:42:39
 
Adobe made a really dumb mistake putting ...   Anti-fraud systems   
Alan Cox
Jan 18, 2004, 02:29:45
 
Just search the contents of your compute ...   The We Say So committee   
Wayne A. Florek
Jan 18, 2004, 03:28:29
 
# find . -type f -exec fgrep -l 'htt ...   Or, recursively   
Wayne A. Florek
Jan 18, 2004, 03:33:48
 
That is, people don't like it; they  ...   Adobe to learn fact:   
GH
Jan 18, 2004, 05:18:14
 
> Just search the contents of your compu ...   Re: The We Say So committee   
Doug Bostrom
Jan 18, 2004, 23:53:42
 
Sorry, this is just a one sided commenta ...   Source?   
ds.cm
Jan 19, 2004, 01:40:54
 
This isn't going to work even if inc ...   Re: Anti-fraud systems   
SM
Jan 19, 2004, 07:22:36
 
OK. How is that done? The source is publ ...   Counterfit GPL software?   
phil
Jan 19, 2004, 14:39:24
 
Remember photography? I mean the chemica ...   Restrictions added because they NOW CAN BE ADDED   
MacroRodent
Jan 19, 2004, 14:55:47
 
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