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At 05:51 PM 9/12/2001, Bill Moran wrote:

>On a more FreeBSD related note, do you think this will provoke the US
>government to create restrictions hurtful to the free software community?

I certainly hope not! It would help, of course, if people such as Richard
Stallman did not promote spiteful agendas which have the same ring to them
as those of the terrorists who precipitated this horrible attack. Stallman,
like the Islamic fundamentalists who did this terrible thing, promotes
an extremist ideology which demonizes others, seeks to destroy them,
and is motivated by spite and malice. Thank Heaven that Stallman does not 
threaten to blow up buildings, and that most advocates of freely 
redistributable software are more sensible than he. BSD has the right
attitude.

>Such as crypto restrictions, or new laws allowing the government to invade
>our privacy as we use the internet? All in the name of "protecting the country
>from possible terrorist threats?" Could pgp be outlawed?

It could happen. We should, of course, fight to make sure that it does
not.

--Brett


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