Folks, Most of you know that I am not a very political animal. I normally leave such things up to people who have more time and energy to study the issues than I do.
However there is an act being introduced by US Senator Fritz Hollings that would make the DMCA seem like child's play by comparison. I will let you read the article published by the online version of the Embedded Linux Journal, but believe me when I say that this threatens all free software operating systems everywhere. We need to stop it. >Disney Seeks Linux Ban > The Walt Disney Company has paid US Senator Fritz Hollings $25,000 to > introduce a bill called the SSSCA that would require mandatory Digital > Rights Management (DRM) on all consumer electronics and computer > equipment. Because DRM schemes are effective only when the user is not > allowed to know how they work, the SSSCA--if passed--would make the > development of free operating systems illegal. > A Consumer Electronics Association spokesperson said that CEA opposes > the SSSCA. Major Linux vendors have said nothing. > For more information, go to this web site: > http://cryptome.org/sssca. md -- ============================================================================= Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux(R) International email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug-announce ********************************************************** ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
