Re: Part 2: System Structure

[Tom Bachmann]

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Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
>   The program can check the type of its bank, and possibly decline
>   to run.
> 

Just a minor detail, but I believe it cannot. Because if it runs on a
transparent bank, the test could have been forged.

> The decision to enforce bank translucency is a technical means for
> achieving a policy objective. I am trying to understand what the policy
> objective is. Do we really intend to deprive the user of the choice to
> accept DRM?

I personally believe we do not.

I'd like to encourage everyone to consider this. It sounds like a viable
compromise
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