Makes me think of this Stallman short story[0]: "debugger vendors in 2047 distributed numbered copies only, and only to officially licensed and bonded programm

Makes me think of this Stallman short story[0]: "debugger vendors in 2047 distributed numbered copies only, and only to officially licensed and bonded programmers" I don't think it would happen, because it's too difficult of a global coordination problem. E.g. if you make it too hard to build software in the US, then it will just get built elsewhere, and the US will no longer be dominant or even important in tech. [0]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html