From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:10:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:10:13 -0400 Received: from mailhost.idcomm.com ([207.40.196.14]:18669 "EHLO mailhost.idcomm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:10:04 -0400 Message-ID: <3BA6593F.94DC371E@idcomm.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:12:47 -0600 From: "D. Stimits" Reply-To: stimits@idcomm.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6-pre1-xfs-4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel Subject: Important, but please don't reply on the list. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I thought these were incredibly important, as it might have a devastating effect on U.S. Linux developers if it ever passed. But please don't add more comments on it to this list, instead point it out to your local area Linux users. Here are some links on an effort to ban all computer systems that don't pass a government security certification: http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/08/0238200.shtml http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46671,00.html I'm sorry if this isn't directly "development", but article will explain that in the long run, developers would be devastated if the proposed legal changes take place. D. Stimits, stimits@idcomm.com