On 5/19/07, Mark Reitblatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/19/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Can you quote a specific US law that says so?
> >
> > There is no need. US Law defers the specific details to regulatory
> > agencies. The ruling in Junger v. Daley conferred protected speech
> > status upon source code. That means no restrictions for open source
> > code in terms of exportation requirements. This policy is simply
> > reflecting a constitutional requirement. No US law is needed.
>
> Yeah, right. Those of us looking from the outside do not have such
> simplistic views of the US, sorry.
Your unreasoned paranoia/ignorance is hardly a useful excuse. A
federal appellate court ruling establishing protected speech status of
open source code is pretty damn strong. Stronger than a law passed by
Congress at any rate. Especially when compared to other nations, like
Canada, that have the power to ban speech they deem "hateful". The US'
most strongly protected right is that of free speech...
You'll forgive some of us who live within the US borders who have a
differing opinion on that front. Recent (last ~5 yrs?) behavior in
many instances by our federal and local governments doesn't suggest
this is actually the case.
And having to "check in" with the beaurocratic mommies and daddies
whenever you patch said crypto code doesn't seem exactly free from
restrictions to at least me.
Avoiding the potential complications, as the project has heretofore
done until now, seems the most sane thing IMHO.
DS
