The Pure Software Act of 2006

Posted by michael on Friday April 9, 2004 @07:56AM from the ideas-whose-time-have-come dept.

lurker412 writes "The MIT Technology Review features a proposal by Simson Garfinkel to provide honest labels on software in the same way that the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 forced manufacturers of foods and drugs to divulge the contents of their products. The proposal targets adware, spyware and other unsavory practices. It suggests that by requiring software manufacturers to include clear icons for each nasty behavior--rather than hide the disclosures in seldom read or understood click-through SLAs--end users will be better protected. Garfinkel specifically lists eight types of sneaky behavior, but the list is not meant to be exhaustive."

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Editors on Crack by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 07:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I submitted this story 2 days ago. Rejected.
Must be better slightly aged.
100 years later and Congress still can't read. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-09 08:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

But hey, if "no" doesn't mean "no," then we have a lot of convicted rapists who need to be released.
Ruined Childhood! by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-04-09 08:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

First Santa Claus isn't real, then the tooth faery, now according to your sig ->THE GOATSE GUY IS DR. SUESS?!?!?!?!??!?!
is nothing sacred