1 Apr
2002
1 Apr
'02
7:25 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com]
Please, please don't assume that the idiocy, the
long-term impact on
innovation and economy, or even the legality of this bill have ANY
bearing on its likelihood of passing.
Yep.
These puppet politicians really don't have a
clue or a care what
they're sponsoring, and a lot of basically honest legislators are not
only absolutely illiterate concerning, but completely unaware
of, non-MS
computing and digital media technology in general. They can
You're much more kind to them than I. I would have simply
said they're treasonous, and have never heard of the US
constitution.
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
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1 Apr
1 Apr
7:45 a.m.
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
Do you remember twenty years ago, when the IRS blocked Apple's proposal to
give computers to all of the schools?
These puppet
politicians really don't have a clue or a care what
they're sponsoring, and a lot of basically honest legislators are not
only absolutely illiterate concerning, but completely unaware
of, non-MS
computing and digital media technology in general. They can
You're much more
kind to them than I. I would have simply
said they're treasonous, and have never heard of the US
constitution. 
4:08 p.m.
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.
I am against piracy, I think Napster has brought all this
down upon us because of the few who refuse to see it for
what it was, theft.
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...
4:45 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.
Doc
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