Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 [e-mail] wrote:

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> I never said that Alan, or any particular individual, should risk a lawsuit or
> jail.  I simply said that I hoped *someone outside the US* (that is, someone not
> subject to US laws) would make the information available.

tell that to dimitri skylarov, I'm sure he'd love to here it.

> Surely there are
> places in the world that are beyond the reach of the DMCA.  How about those
> European sites that made strong encryption available to circumvent the US export
> restrictions on encryption technology?  I never heard of the FBI raiding any of
> them.
>
> Wayne
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> George Garvey <[e-mail]> on 10/22/2001 12:35:53 PM
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> To:   Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
> cc:   [e-mail]
>
> Subject:  Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10
>
>
>
>    So you want to make the decision for Alan to get into a lawsuit and
> possibly go to jail to fight the law? Will you pay his legal bills? Will
> you take over his maintenance duties if necessary? Will you give him a
> job when he's done if it comes to that?
>    That's a personal decision, don't you think? Who can judge another
> without knowing their circumstances? Do you understand the situation at
> all? Truthfully, I don't.
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 12:21:43PM -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> > It's highly unlikely that Alan withholding information from a handful
> > of US Linux users and developers will have any effect on US laws.
>
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