Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:39:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:38:55 -0400 Received: from [212.34.128.4] ([212.34.128.4]:59938 "EHLO mailer.ran.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:37:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 00:37:41 +0200 From: victor X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.53d) Reply-To: victor X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <31693841270.20011023003741@infonegocio.com> To: Sam Varshavchik CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re[2]: Linux 2.2.20pre10 In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 12:15:24 AM, you wrote: SV> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, PinkFreud wrote: >> Why not take that a step further? It would seem to me that your >> insane interpretation of that insane law would mean that unix and it's >> derivatives (Linux, anyone?) would be illegal to use as well SV> Only partially correct. Linux will certainly be illegal under SSSCA. could something be illegal if you created 10 years before the law :?? or it could be illegal if you continue developing it :? do you realy thing linux will be declare illegal and Linus will be under this law if IBM, SGI, HP, COMPAQ and so many other computer giants are developing for linux and linux is so popular, i dont think that nobody could stop it "It would seem to me that your insane interpretation of that insane law would mean that unix and it's derivatives" if i read well SGI(irix) HP(HP-UX) SUN (SOLARIS & SUNos) COMPAQ(True64, VMS) would crash because unix is ilegal.... i dont think so SV> SV> Read it. UNIX is not. And there's nothing insane about it. That's what SV> the proposed bill says. >> Please don't tell me you woke up this morning and had a sudden attack of >> conscience that you were violating US law. You've posted such changes i am a european citizen, i only wait to see if europe dont adopt that law :/ SV> Perhaps a sudden realization, would be more like it. Best regards, victor mailto:ixnay@infonegocio.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/