Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (243 mails)

[Roger Whittaker <roger@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If only it was so easy...

Much as I might like the idea of being burned at the stake for using
Linux, that won't help people in schools to use the best software when
they don't have permission because it's illegal.  OK - it probably won't
come to that, but the attempts to use the law against open source are
worrying.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Phillip Deackes wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:37:02 +0000
> Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And don't kid yourself into thinking that laws that daft won't get
> through
> > over here. Basically the a large part  of the SSSCA is just the same as
> our
> > disasterous RIP bill, except that they've taken it a bit further and
> they
> > want to be able to spy on you electronically.  Under the SSSCA the
> makers of
> > OS's etc need to build in back doors so that the law enforcement
> services
> > (read NSA, CIA, FBI) can secretly get into your PC.
>
> Don't know why you all worry. If the law is an ass, ignore it. The law of
> the land exists as a manifestation of the public will, not as a whim of MS
> and the government. I have no problem doing what I think is right, law or
> no law. As long as the moral stance is broadly in line with the
> established norms of our society, go for it. There are plenty of cases
> where the law follows the citizens of a country rather than vice versa.
>
> Mass public protest - I *like* that!
>
>

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