I found this story on kerneldump.com
Read this:
http://cryptome.org/sssca.htm
In a nutshell, it would outlaw...
* Assembling a home-built PC.
* Using a non-secure computer (ie, a computer built before the would-be implementation of the SSSCA) on a network.
* Widespread development of open-sourced (non-copyrighted and ?digitally unsigned?) software.
* Use of open-sourced software (essentially the entire software platform for the UNIX and Linux operating systems, on which Computer Science research relies).
* University and corporate research on systems, debugging, security, and watermarking.
I suggest you sign this now:
http://www.petitiononline.com/SSSCA/petition.html
before this bill even gets off the fscking ground.
*looks through GD*
*realizes that he posted the exact same thing a few days ago*
*wonders how Alexmax didn't see it*
Oh well I already signed it.
This bill has been sitting in congress since August and has gone no-where. There really is no way in hell this will pass. Even Bush is against it.
I thought that the post refered to a bill that simply concerned spyware.
But oh well, what the hell do I know? I've had a shitload of stuff to do this week anyway.
Meh. Whatever gets more people to sign the petition.
If this bill gets passed I'm moving to Switzerland.
eh..
what did the comimes ever do to you?:cry:
well, yeah, that is total utter ludicris bullshit, i promise you it will not happen
alot of companies are making a killing off of sharing... it's going to be a brawl between greedy giants