[lug] SSSCA to make all open source software illegal

[Dan Kuester]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, John Starkey wrote:

> Thus spake Scott Herod (herod at dimensional.com):
>
> >
> > As much as it pains me to say so, our Republican Senators might
> > be receptive to letters.  I believe that the Camera posts their
> > s-mail addresses in the Sunday paper.
>
> US Politics have never been my strong point. Isn't this a committee based issue? I think I remember a reference to committee-passed bill. If so, will we need a local that has clout in or around this committee?
>
> I think it's evident that it's a non-geek pushing a geek bill in a government that wouldn't have even allowed something like this before 1933? Ref: LJP's and D Stimits posts.
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I don't believe it's possible, assuming that our legislature follows
standard parliamentary procedures, to pass a bill with a committee.  The
only thing the committee can decide is whether or not the bill goes to the
floor.  This may be to the advantage of open-source advocates, since there
are two ways that the bill could be killed in a given legislative body -
in committee or in a flat out vote - and one way that it could be passed.

One can only hope that the bill will be killed somehow.  Obviously.

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