Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
From: Michael O'Keefe (mokeefe@qualcomm.com)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 17:40:49 MST
It's just a proposal in committee right now.
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html
Ryan Mesler wrote:
>
> then there shouldnt be a problem showing me a very very real document.
>
> > It's real. Very Very Real.
> >
> >
> > > are you sure this is even real? it sounds pretty fake...
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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