[lug] SSSCA to make all open source software illegal

[Dhruva B. Reddy]

This is encouraging--according to this article, all technology companies are
opposed to this bill.  Also, the bill does not seem to have unilateral support
from the content industry.  

However, we would be ill-advised to breathe a sigh of relief.  Just because
they do not like the legislation as currently proposed doesn't mean that they
won't strike an agreement that could still hurt the general public (or us
geeks). 

I'm not taking any chances--I am still going to contact my representatives. 

Dhruva

On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:04:34PM -0600, quoth D. Stimits:
> [snip]
> The article on "good news" shows MS is actually fighting SSSCA. I doubt
> MS wants such legislation unless it is to its particular benefit, and
> the legislation is too strong even for MS ATM. See:
> 
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-10-23-008-20-NW-BZ-LL
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
>