[gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed BrailleDriverInitiative Petition

[Don Moore]

Speaking of this, did any of you who may have installed Jaws 11 get a 
message questioning one of the drivers in the jaws installation?  What's 
with that anyway?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed 
BrailleDriverInitiative Petition


Two things. First, it sounds a lot like what Microsoft was trying to
do around 10-12 years ago. Second, one of the big reasons that this
move has upset a lot of people is the very fact that so far at least,
I've never gotten a virus from using my Braille display. The idea is
ludicrous! Perhaps if the drivers for said display were locked into a
website and the activation for said display was sent over the web, but
we're still talking about vastly different devices. If I can get a
virus from using my Braille display, then I suppose that it's equally
as likely that I could get one from using my computer monitor. It
seems like FS is just doing this because they can, though I expect
that most of the Braille display manufacturers and distributors will
have their displays digitally signed by FS, since not doing so means
people can't use their displays with JAWS 11 and further.

Jmt,
Wayne

On 10/19/09, albert griffith <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It seems many developers want signed drivers like thisbut it seems like
> allot of fuss about nothing to me from here.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve Pattison
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:28 AM
> To: VIP L; CUG Members
> Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed Braille
> DriverInitiative Petition
>
> From: Earle Harrison earle at handytech.us
> To: BlindAttic at blindtreasures.com
>
> Attention supporters of Braille literacy through electronic Braille and
> the right for consumer choice.
>
> The below link will take you to a petition written by myself and created
> by the National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science and Open
> Braille API Initiative.  This petition vehemently opposes the Secure and
> Compatible Braille Display driver signing polacy recently announced by
> Freedom Scientific.  Please follow the below link to read more and if in
> agreement, show your support by adding your name and optional comments
>
> www.petitiononline.com/brl4all/petition.html
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Earle Harrison
> President
> Handy Tech North America
>
> Regards Steve
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