Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:37:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:36:52 -0500 Received: from mail.cert.uni-stuttgart.de ([129.69.16.17]:56811 "HELO Mail.CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:36:37 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate In-Reply-To: <200203251522.JAA62284@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> <001b01c1d417$7ec599a0$0100007f@localdomain.wni.com.wirelessnetworksinc.com> From: Florian Weimer Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:33:58 +0100 Message-ID: <87zo0wnup5.fsf@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE> Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Herman Oosthuysen" writes: > The obvious solution is to continue the way Richard Stallman envisaged: > ***Distribute all code in source form only - no binary distributions.*** > > This way, the source files are protected under freedom of speech rules and > the originator of the work is safe. Unfortunately, this works only in the U.S. Other countries which will follow the US leadership in consumer suppression regulate free speech to make it conforming to law. I agree, though, that source-only distribution avoids many problems and is preferable. -- Florian Weimer Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE University of Stuttgart http://CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE/people/fw/ RUS-CERT +49-711-685-5973/fax +49-711-685-5898 - 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/