Re: Separate trusted computing designs

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 01:24 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> I have a definition, but I do not know if you will find it useful.
> It's the best I can come up with, and it works surprisingly well in
> practice.  Here it comes:
> 
>  A free choice is one that can be made independent of any other
>  choices.

It seems to me that what you are describing is an *independent* choice.
A free choice is one that is made without coercion. A choice between two
discrete options, each having costs and benefits, remains a free choice.

Your concept is fine. It's the label that doesn't seem quite right to
me.

shap