Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 11:52:52 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Unhappy Adobe Customer <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSSCA? Message-ID: <3BC34784.4D56D9DF@mindspring.com> References: <20011008193423.77229.qmail@web11901.mail.yahoo.com>
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Unhappy Adobe Customer wrote: > 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? I pos facto. (Translation: you can't make something illegal after the fact). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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