Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 14:00:16 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: Unhappy Adobe Customer <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSSCA? Message-ID: <15299.18752.343449.732026@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3BC34784.4D56D9DF@mindspring.com> References: <20011008193423.77229.qmail@web11901.mail.yahoo.com> <3BC34784.4D56D9DF@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> types: > 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). But you can always make doing it again illegal. In this case, the SSSCA include provision that exclude all products that were in production before the bill takes effect. But allowing anonymous CVS access to a program that didn't incorporate the approriate security technology would become illlegal with the first commit after the bill takes effect. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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