From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 21 13: 8: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 048F415493 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:07:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12BlHX-000NjQ-00; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:07:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA31865; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:07:47 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:07:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Brett Glass Cc: Terry Lambert , freebsd-chat Subject: Re: UCITA (Important) In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000121131307.01a32380@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Can i actually make a difference? I have no money to contribute. It seems the big lobbyists (software companies) will have the eweight to win this battle. I just realized what else this might mean... No used college textbooks No used music CDs No used video games Paranoia that being connected to the net could result in my machine being shut down by some hacker with 'disable' codes. The list goes on... On the bright side, BSD open source licensing may take a stronger hold. But that is hardly worth the negative effects. -=> jm <=- Actual penalty by referee in an American Football game: "Unsportsmanlike conduct: giving him the business! Fifteen yard penalty, automatic first down!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message