Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
From: Ryan Mesler (kraylus@airmail.net)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 17:36:33 MST
then there shouldnt be a problem showing me a very very real document.
R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
Call me Kray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Potter" <jrp@wvi.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
> It's real. Very Very Real.
>
>
> > 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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> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Jim Potter
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>
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