[lug] SSSCA to make all open source software illegal

[John Karns]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Alan Robertson said:

> Hi,
>
> The Walt Disney company (and some others) is sponsoring legislation which
> would make pretty much all open software or hardware which touched any
> digital media data at any point illegal.  Hardware would have to enforce the
> standards too, as I understand it.  Eben Moglen, chief counsel for the Free
> Software Foundation, is succinct: "SSSCA is a deliberate attempt to destroy
> free software."

There's also quite a bit on google searching "hollings linux";
specifically see:

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html

Security Systems Standards and Certification Act at
http://216.110.42.179/docs/hollings.090701.html

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John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net