Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 6 Feb 2005 at 19:18, D. Popkin wrote: Yes, but Big Brother governments are not the only way such wisdom gets imposed. Bill Gates came close to imposing it upon all of us, and if it hadn't been for Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds, we might all be suffering under that yoke today.

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:09:56AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating system, so Linus did. Yes. Corporate lawyers descending upon your ass, because you -- allegedly -- are in violation of some IP somewhere. See you in court. If,

Re: RSA Conference, and BA Cypherpunks

2005-02-09 Thread Tyler Durden
How 'bout laying siege to May's compound as a Cypherpunk 'team-building' excersize? -TD From: J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Trei, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Re: RSA Conference, and BA Cypherpunks Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:19:30 -0600