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		jonallanharper on Feb 12, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft's chief research officer wants web licen... Cold chance in hell this will pass in the U.S. I'd actually like to see it formally proposed in some fashion, just to see which congressmen would advocate it... and then observe them promptly voted home the following election season.

rbanffy on Feb 12, 2010 | [–]

Please read the comment above http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121024

edit: or somewhere else on this page.

lucifer on Feb 12, 2010 | [–]

Would you have believed in 1999 that Patriot Act, etc. would come to pass in the U.S.?

I'm sure they'll roll out the analog to the underwear bomber in time (long before hell freezes over).

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