This post isn't about Divmod, exactly.

I've been mulling over these ideas for quite a while, and I think I may still have more thinking to do, but recent events have gotten me thinking again about the increasing urgency of the need for a professional code of conduct for computer programmers. Mark Russinovich reported on Sony BMG's criminal contempt for the integrity of their customer's computers, and some days later CNET reported on Sony BMG's halfhearted, temporary retraction of their crime. A day later, CNet's front page has news of Apple trying to institutionalize, as well as patent, a similar technique. While the debate over DRM continues to rage, there are larger issues and principles at stake here that it doesn't seem like anyone is talking about: when you run a program on your computer, who is really in charge?
( This post is LONG. )

Tags: code, drm, essay, ethics
Current Mood: quixotic