Ref: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/04/1948229
Apparently, today, the 6th circuit federal court has ruled that source
code (crypto-source included, since that's the actual issue) is free
speech and therefore protected by the First Ammendment.
Two things I wonder about:
1) Is there anything above Federal or Supreme court, or have this
lawsuit (that's what I understand is the legal term for this
action) finally reached the end.
2) Where does that leave OpenSSL regarding getting US-originated
source?
If I understand correctly, if this ruling is hammered through (no pun
intended), we can gladly say bye-bye to any regulation as long as we
deal with source code and point at the First Ammendment instead...
Comments?
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