Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
From: Ryan Mesler (kraylus@airmail.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 17:27:18 MST
has anyone seen a real legitimate copy of this supposed bill? i have yet to
see a .gov site that has it.
R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael O'Keefe" <mokeefe@qualcomm.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
> The SSSCS is real, but the "end of the world for Open Source" predictions
> are just scare mongering right now. Nobody knows becoz the thing isn't
> even out of committee yet. Although to the points below...
>
> a) You will still be able to build your own PC, you'll just only have
> access to components that protect Copyrights.
> b) I doubt it very much. That would be govt mandating of changing EVERY PC
> in the country, costing corporations and ppl trillions of dollars. Even
> Washington isn't THAT stoopid
> c) So long as the OS s/w protects copyrights, it should be ok. Now if you
> stripped out those components before you compiled it...Naughty you !!!
> d) See c)
> e) most likely provisions will be made for R&D, like they were in the DMCA
> f) See b)
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think the SSSCA is a POS and should be stopped, but
> it ain;t Chiken Little time. But it is time to voice your opinion to your
> local Rep's
>
> > are you sure this is even real? it sounds pretty fake...
> >
> > R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
> > Call me Kray
> >
> > If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
> >
> > ICQ: 45088864
> > AIM: Kraylus
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ralph Wiggums" <ralphwiggums@linuxwaves.com>
> > To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:04 PM
> > Subject: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
> >
> > > Sorry for the crosspost but everyone needs to be very concerned about
this
> > > proposed bill
> > >
> > > Read more about it here http://www.xs4all.nl/~lennartb/sssca.html
> > > The Security Systems Standards and Certification Act will make the
> > following
> > > illegal
> > > The SSSCA, among other things, will make the following illegal:
> > > * Assembling a home-built PC.
> > > * Using a non-secure computer (ie, a computer built before the
would-be
> > > implementation of the SSSCA) on a network.
> > > * Widespread development of open-sourced (non-copyrighted and
"digitally
> > > unsigned? software.
> > > * Use of open-sourced software (essentially the entire software
platform
> > for
> > > the UNIX and Linux operating systems, on which Computer Science
research
> > > relies).
> > > * University and corporate research on systems, debugging, security,
and
> > > watermarking.
> > > * All VCRs, DVDs, and pretty much every current digital hardware will
be
> > > banned and considered illegal
> > >
> > > Please sign the petition and write your congressman and senator
> > > http://www.petitiononline.com/SSSCA/petition.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Plz post this in all newgroups and internet forums u belong to we need
to
> > > spread the word
> > >
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