Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:34:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Unhappy Adobe Customer <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: SSSCA? Message-ID: <20011008193423.77229.qmail@web11901.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi everyone, What do you folks think about the "draft" SSSCA? For those of you who haven't heard, Disney and some entertainment conglomerates think all digital electronics and software should be forced to contain copyright enforcement. They've come up with this ridiculous draft where "trafficking" in non-compliant devices is punished by 5 years in prison (as if computer software is narcotics). If this passes, I think it could essentially outlaw "free software", "open source" or whatever you want to call it. Even if this isn't done by law, getting software support for crippled hardware may be all but impossible. What do you think? Nathan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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