Matthew Garrett wrote:

> Weakish Jiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> If we should avoid  exporting cryptography out of the US when it was
>> illegal to do so, and put the code on a server outside the US, IMO, we
>> should avoid distribute patented software when it was illegal to do so,
>> and place the code on a server outside the US.
> 
> You'd need a server in a jurisdiction without any patent law.

Or with a reasonable patent law.

Has anyone looked into (for instance) Brazilian patent law?  I know the EU
and the US are pretty much out.  Brazil has a strong free software
community and an essentially independent set of laws.

> This issue 
> is not just limited to the US.
> 

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Nathanael Nerode  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it.
So why isn't he in prison yet?...


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