Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 18:53:14 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: NGH <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSSCA? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011009185100.0581ac60@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011009212648.94725.qmail@web11908.mail.yahoo.com> References: <15299.18752.343449.732026@guru.mired.org>
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At 03:26 PM 10/9/2001, NGH wrote: >That's *exactly* what concerns me. If this horror of a law passes, >and I wouldn't be surprised if it did, as entertainment companies >have deep pockets and can push these things through, then one of >three things would happen: > >1. Free or Open software would be illegal in the U.S., or >2. Licensing, NDAs, etc. effectively make said software impossible > to distribute, or >3. Both of the above. It wouldn't be bad if the GPL were finally ruled to be invalid! ;-) However, the chance that a law restricting software or hardware in that way would pass is virtually nil. The number of companies affected is so huge -- and they have so much money -- that the entertainment industry looks tiny by comparison. And many of their industries have big, powerful lobbying organizations. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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