Payment is coupled with the trust in free software
Posted by: James Michael DuPont
on August 26, 2003 11:46 PM
On of the biggest issues facing the payment is the trust of the client software.
It is very difficult to set up a payment and distribution system on free software when every link in the chain is able to be modified.
Inside of business transaction, each partner in the transaction needs to be able to be sure that the other partners are not cheating my modifing the software to do unfair things.
My proposal is a complex checksum and encryption process that allows for free software to be used in areas that have never been accessible for free software before.
The FSEDU project needs to have this type of security for the handling of learning materials and administering of tests. Many commerce applications need to have this type of security in order to function properly.
See my detailed proposal relevant to this issue on the FSEDU Wikiw thread here : <A HREF="http://fsedu.org/fsedu.pl?ContentDelivery" TITLE="fsedu.org">FSEDU Content delivery</a fsedu.org>
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Payment is coupled with the trust in free software
Posted by: James Michael DuPont on August 26, 2003 11:46 PMIt is very difficult to set up a payment and distribution system on free software when every link in the chain is able to be modified.
Inside of business transaction, each partner in the transaction needs to be able to be sure that the other partners are not cheating my modifing the software to do unfair things.
My proposal is a complex checksum and encryption process that allows for free software to be used in areas that have never been accessible for free software before.
The FSEDU project needs to have this type of security for the handling of learning materials and administering of tests. Many commerce applications need to have this type of security in order to function properly.
See my detailed proposal relevant to this issue on the FSEDU Wikiw thread here :
<A HREF="http://fsedu.org/fsedu.pl?ContentDelivery" TITLE="fsedu.org">FSEDU Content delivery</a fsedu.org>
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