Subject: Re: SSSCA will make open source illegal in the US
From: Barry Sparenborg (barrys@jorsm.com)
Date: Tue Mar 05 2002 - 18:42:22 MST
on 3/5/02 7:00 PM, Jim Potter at jrp@wvi.com wrote:
> Last yeart when he (Hollings, appears to be fronting for disney & co) tried
> this, I called their office and his aide told me that we (the public,
> taxpayers, etc) weren't supposed to see this until much, much later, so go
> back
> to sleep, please... We'll tell you when we're ready for you to know about it.
>
> The guy seemed genuinely upset that we found out about it before they wanted
> us
> to.
>
>
>> 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...
>>>>
>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Jim Potter
> 45th Parallel Processing
> (503) 769-9138
> jrp@wvi.com
>
> Those that would give up a necessary freedom for
> temporary safety deserve neither freedom nor safety.
> -- Ben Franklin
>
>
>
What can we do to stop this?
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