Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 17:01:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@cslab.vt.edu> To: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: secure/ changes... Message-ID: <199507262101.RAA19119@husky.cslab.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507262041.NAA06772@kithrup.com> from "Sean Eric Fagan" at Jul 26, 95 01:41:36 pm
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> Did you have anything to say? Yes ;) I hit the wrong sequence of keys out of habit and sent the message when I meant not to. Sorry. What I wanted to respond to was: > > Now, to cover my own butt, I have to add that I'm not a lawyer, > > nor do I play one on TV or the net. I *can* read, though, and > > have read a lot on this subject: often by people who *do* play > > lawyers on the net. Although I don't claim to understand much about this whole issue, many of the net.lawyers (and probably a few real ones too ;) think Zimmermann is not guilty, but that hasn't stopped the DoJ from prosecuting him (last I heard). Perhaps Rodney is simply taking the position that he isn't willing to risk it, even if it seems like importing crypto software isn't relaly illegal in all cases. The entire FreeBSD core team has gone to great lengths to avoid any further confrontations with USL, despite the beliefs of many well informed people who thought their lawsuit was groundless/pointless/useless/ frivilous/etc. Perhaps that lesson is carrying over into this issue... Just my $.02 -- Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu
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