On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Brian Lane wrote:

> this story is: If you're going to make something good, someone will
> copy it. Make it as difficult as possible! Use parts that support code
> protect bits as much as possible.

And of course you'll want to support free and open research of all sorts
that attempts to crack such code protection, and hence the free
publication of the results of such work - because how else shall you know
which, if any, of the competing products is any good?

'Cause how else are you gonna know?