Future of anonymity (short-term vs. long-term)

[Eric Hughes <hughes@soda.berkeley.edu>]

Re: authenticated news software

>Also, keep in mind that netnews is run
>by lots of real sites, who have real assets which could be reached if
>sued by RSA.

Why is there a presumption that any such authenticated news software
would be used without license?  RSADSI is not trying to sit on their
patents, but to make money from them.  

>There doesn't seem to be a lot of realism in these discussions, which is
>really bothering me.  

What you believe to be real and what I believe to be real may be
different.  To claim that another is being unrealistic is to mask
what is foremost a difference in belief.

What assumptions here do you disagree with?  If you are explicit,
perhaps we can forge an agreement.

Eric