1 Apr
2002
1 Apr
'02
1:45 p.m.
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Ron Hudson wrote:
Is there a simple boilerplate message I can send to my
congress critters (not that it will do any good with
Ms Fienstein or Boxer) to lodge my protest.
http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html
and for a more general response to this type of legislation:
http://www.digitalconsumer.org/fax.html
I hope that, if this passes into law, Linux can get
the
copyright cop software included and get registered....
Oh, I suppose since I can re-compile Linux any time I want
and can change the code however I like Linux will **never**
get the stamp of government approval...
For a lot of reasons, both technical and corporate/political, Linux
and _all_ Free (as in Software, not Beer) code is going to be very
hard-hit.
Leahy effectively killed this incarnation of the CBDTPA last week:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51425,00.html
but Hollings and cohorts already have clones in the works. Won't hurt
to voice your views anyway.
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