Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:14:21 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crbowman@erols.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source Message-ID: <E128dXG-00063a-00@smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net> In-Reply-To: <200001130201.DAA62690@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> References: <85j9fc$1mso$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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At 03:01 AM 1/13/00 +0100, you wrote: >Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote in list.freebsd-hackers: > > The last two paragraphs are the most relevant to us. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-encryption.html > >Hmm. These paragraphs don't sound that nice: > > [...] complex restrictions still affect programrs and > others who want to exchange programs or source code to > write programs. > [...] ``The bad news is, if you want to send an encryption > program outside of the United States, you still need to > hire a lawyer,'' Davidson added. > >But then, at the end: > > People posting ``open source'' programs would be required > to send the code, or a Web site address where the code was > displayed, to the government. > >Basically, does this mean something like >tar cf - /usr/src/crypto | mail president@whitehouse.gov >? :-) The last paragraph would be a step in the right direction but still seems silly. What are they going to do with it? I would really like to see people educate them on the stupidity of sending code to Washington. I think it would be neat if there was one of those blue ribbon campaign where on a flag day every one put all the open source encryption programs they could find up on their web pages, and then sent them to Washington, one to a floppy disk/envelope. It would be kinda neat if 1, 5, 10 or even a hundred thousand little envelopes with 1 floppy a piece showed up it the appropriate Washington office on the same day. Wonder how long the silly send a copy to Washington rule would remain after that. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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