Advogato: Anti-Counterfeit Software: Implications for Open Source

[ 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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