SSSCA Hits the Senate

SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Paul G. Allen]

This is bad, very bad. If the bill passes as written, all software will 
be subject to it. Senator Hollings and his cronies (and anyone who 
thinks like them) need to get a clue. They need to be out of office.

(My apologies in advance if this does not come across as text. My 
regular system is broken and I'm forced to use Winsucks and Nutscrape 
for my mail.)

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html

PGA

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Jesse Pollard]

> 
> This is bad, very bad. If the bill passes as written, all software will 
> be subject to it. Senator Hollings and his cronies (and anyone who 
> thinks like them) need to get a clue. They need to be out of office.
> 
> (My apologies in advance if this does not come across as text. My 
> regular system is broken and I'm forced to use Winsucks and Nutscrape 
> for my mail.)
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
> 
> PGA

Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be source?
If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would that
be recognized as "protected"?

It would also be impossible to include copy protection in a compiler..

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Jesse I Pollard, II
Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil

Any opinions expressed are solely my own.

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Ron Pagani / San Francisco / San Jose, CA]

Corporate greed aside, what is the real benefit to the developer?

And since this is all supposed to 'digitally integrated' (i.e. encrypted 
source code or some nonsense), who will be responsible for 
authenticating the copy right ownership?  Will the Fed administer some 
sort of registry of developers?  Will those outside of that registry 
(presuming *OUCH* it existed) become enemies of the state!?

You thought Microsoft was controlling??????  (Unless of course, Sen. 
Hollings was compensated handsomely for constructing this bill)

On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 07:22 AM, Jesse Pollard wrote:

>
>>
>> This is bad, very bad. If the bill passes as written, all software will
>> be subject to it. Senator Hollings and his cronies (and anyone who
>> thinks like them) need to get a clue. They need to be out of office.
>>
>> (My apologies in advance if this does not come across as text. My
>> regular system is broken and I'm forced to use Winsucks and Nutscrape
>> for my mail.)
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
>>
>> PGA
>
> Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be 
> source?
> If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would 
> that
> be recognized as "protected"?
>
> It would also be impossible to include copy protection in a compiler..
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jesse I Pollard, II
> Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil
>
> Any opinions expressed are solely my own.

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Herman Oosthuysen]

The obvious solution is to continue the way Richard Stallman envisaged:
***Distribute all code in source form only - no binary distributions.***

This way, the source files are protected under freedom of speech rules and
the originator of the work is safe.

It is then up to the user to do with the code what he/she wants.

I think that while many people think that Richard is paranoid, he actually
was far more prophetic than most people wants to give him credit for...

Cheers,
--
Herman Oosthuysen
Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com
Suite 300, #3016, 5th Ave NE,
Calgary, Alberta, T2A 6K4, Canada
Phone: (403) 569-5687, Fax: (403) 235-3965
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>
> >
> > This is bad, very bad. If the bill passes as written, all software will
> > be subject to it. Senator Hollings and his cronies (and anyone who
> > thinks like them) need to get a clue. They need to be out of office.
> >
> > (My apologies in advance if this does not come across as text. My
> > regular system is broken and I'm forced to use Winsucks and Nutscrape
> > for my mail.)
> >
> > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
> >
> > PGA
>
> Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be
source?
> If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would
that
> be recognized as "protected"?
>
> It would also be impossible to include copy protection in a compiler..
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jesse I Pollard, II
> Email: pollard@navo.hpc.mil
>
> Any opinions expressed are solely my own.
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Itai Nahshon]

On Monday 25 March 2002 17:22, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be source?
> If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would
> that be recognized as "protected"?

Worst thing happens if somebody gets a patent for the copy protection schemes...

-- Itai

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Gabriel Sechan]

>On Monday 25 March 2002 17:22, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> > Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be 
>source?
> > If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would
> > that be recognized as "protected"?
>
>Worst thing happens if somebody gets a patent for the copy protection 
>schemes...
>
Didn't Slashdot report MS patenting the DRMOS (digital rights management 
operating system) about 2 months ago?

Gabe Sechan

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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Alan Cox]

> On Monday 25 March 2002 17:22, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> > Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be source?
> > If it were included in the source, along with all the other code, would
> > that be recognized as "protected"?
> 
> Worst thing happens if somebody gets a patent for the copy protection schemes...

Microsoft already do

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Herman Oosthuysen]

The bill says that the protection scheme must be open source, so no M$ tax.

I guess lots of Americans are going to tune in to European content if this
bill passes.  It should be a boon to Canada and Mexico too.  Maybe we should
support this bill...
--
Herman Oosthuysen
Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com
Suite 300, #3016, 5th Ave NE,
Calgary, Alberta, T2A 6K4, Canada
Phone: (403) 569-5687, Fax: (403) 235-3965
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> > On Monday 25 March 2002 17:22, Jesse Pollard wrote:
> > > Has there been anything that says the copy protection code can't be
source?
> > > If it were included in the source, along with all the other code,
would
> > > that be recognized as "protected"?
> >
> > Worst thing happens if somebody gets a patent for the copy protection
schemes...
>
> Microsoft already do
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Rik van Riel]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:

> The bill says that the protection scheme must be open source, so no M$
> tax.

The fact that the source code is available doesn't give you
the right to use it, if some company has a patent on the
technology ...

I hope this law will be so absolutely crippling to the USA
that the rest of the world will see the devastating effects
before having the time to pass similar laws too.

Rik
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Dieter Nützel]

There is more on ReiserFS List about system-level encryption.

Look here: [reiserfs-list] system-level encryption patented
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=reiserfs&m=101690869021155&w=2

-- 
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Graduate Student, Computer Science

University of Hamburg
Department of Computer Science
@home: Dieter.Nuetzel@hamburg.de

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Herman Oosthuysen]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
> The fact that the source code is available doesn't give you
> the right to use it, if some company has a patent on the
> technology ...

If the law requires you to use it, then M$ won't be able to charge royalties
for a patent on it. There are enough precedents of that kind of thing, so it
will be free.

The whole idea however remains impractical, so even if it does pass into
law, it would be largely irrelivant to any marginally competent geek.

What the music industry fails to understand, is that the music doesn't sell
because it is bad.  No amount of controls can compensate for that.  Garbage
in, Garbage out...  Maybe they should go back to vinyl records that play on
wind-up players with rose thorn pickups.  That will instantly make music
recordings incompatible with all CD equipment and nobody will want to copy
it...
--
Herman Oosthuysen
Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com
Suite 300, #3016, 5th Ave NE,
Calgary, Alberta, T2A 6K4, Canada
Phone: (403) 569-5687, Fax: (403) 235-3965

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Matthew D. Pitts]

This bill seems to be an extension of the DMCA... at least to me. And as far
as I am conserned, this bill will not get very far.

Matthew
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From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: Herman Oosthuysen <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate


> On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:
>
> > The bill says that the protection scheme must be open source, so no M$
> > tax.
>
> The fact that the source code is available doesn't give you
> the right to use it, if some company has a patent on the
> technology ...
>
> I hope this law will be so absolutely crippling to the USA
> that the rest of the world will see the devastating effects
> before having the time to pass similar laws too.
>
> Rik
> --
> Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
>
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Herman Oosthuysen]

Shhh, we should send them a copy of "The Snail Book", showing a shiny trail
of prior art...
--
Herman Oosthuysen
Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com
Suite 300, #3016, 5th Ave NE,
Calgary, Alberta, T2A 6K4, Canada
Phone: (403) 569-5687, Fax: (403) 235-3965
----- Original Message -----
From: Dieter Nützel <Dieter.Nuetzel@hamburg.de>
To: Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate


> There is more on ReiserFS List about system-level encryption.
>
> Look here: [reiserfs-list] system-level encryption patented
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=reiserfs&m=101690869021155&w=2
>
> --
> Dieter Nützel
> Graduate Student, Computer Science
>
> University of Hamburg
> Department of Computer Science
> @home: Dieter.Nuetzel@hamburg.de
>
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Florian Weimer]

"Herman Oosthuysen" <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com> writes:

> The obvious solution is to continue the way Richard Stallman envisaged:
> ***Distribute all code in source form only - no binary distributions.***
>
> This way, the source files are protected under freedom of speech rules and
> the originator of the work is safe.

Unfortunately, this works only in the U.S.  Other countries which will
follow the US leadership in consumer suppression regulate free speech
to make it conforming to law.

I agree, though, that source-only distribution avoids many problems
and is preferable.

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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Florian Weimer]

"Herman Oosthuysen" <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com> writes:

> The bill says that the protection scheme must be open source, so no
> M$ tax.

Source code for MP3 encoders has been available from the beginning,
too, IIRC even from ISO.

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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Itai Nahshon]

On Monday 25 March 2002 23:24 pm, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
>
> > The fact that the source code is available doesn't give you
> > the right to use it, if some company has a patent on the
> > technology ...
>
> If the law requires you to use it, then M$ won't be able to charge
> royalties for a patent on it. There are enough precedents of that kind of
> thing, so it will be free.

I started reading on <http://cryptome.org/ms-drm-os.htm>. Jugding
from the abstract there is not very much (or nothing at all) that can
be reused. Perhaps the body provides more insight.

> The whole idea however remains impractical, so even if it does pass into
> law, it would be largely irrelivant to any marginally competent geek.

I tend to agree...

> What the music industry fails to understand, is that the music doesn't sell
> because it is bad.  No amount of controls can compensate for that.  Garbage
> in, Garbage out... 

I don't agree.. Music (and movies) sells, probably even better today
than before the inernet. They sell enough to have that power to pass
new laws and they are greedy.

> Maybe they should go back to vinyl records that play on
> wind-up players with rose thorn pickups.  That will instantly make music
> recordings incompatible with all CD equipment and nobody will want to copy
> it...

So the music industry can move itself 30 years back, but why do they insist
of taking the computer industry to that journey?

-- Itai

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Thunder from the hill]

Florian Weimer wrote:
> "Herman Oosthuysen" <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>The obvious solution is to continue the way Richard Stallman envisaged:
>>***Distribute all code in source form only - no binary distributions.***
>>
>>This way, the source files are protected under freedom of speech rules and
>>the originator of the work is safe.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, this works only in the U.S.  Other countries which will
> follow the US leadership in consumer suppression regulate free speech
> to make it conforming to law.
> 
> I agree, though, that source-only distribution avoids many problems
> and is preferable.
> 
But not all the people out there are skilled enough to install a source
distribution. Also, binary installations may go faster, and the youth of
today tends to not having time...
So there are still problems with it. If one day computers are all so 
fast like the one who compiled a kernel in 7.56 seconds, and we have a 
nice API for compiling, it might be great idea, but it might happen that 
someone else will claim to have had the idea. This certainly won't be me.

Thunder
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Citizen of our universe.

Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Thunder from the hill]

Itai Nahshon wrote:
> So the music industry can move itself 30 years back, but why do they insist
> of taking the computer industry to that journey?
Guess that's not the problem. Seems they're looking for someone to blame for
their problems. I think they don't see themselves as loosing anything here.
Just getting someone punished, will be us. Maybe it is helpful to them.
Also, the congressmen need something to say we do work on that. Anyway, 
do they know what they're doing? Someone go and ask them?

Thunder
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Stephen Samuel]

But how are you going to compile your FIRST kernel?? At some point
you'll need a compiler, and they'll insist that the limitations go into
that first compiler that someone gets.

Thunder from the hill wrote:
> Florian Weimer wrote:
> 
>> "Herman Oosthuysen" <Herman@WirelessNetworksInc.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>> The obvious solution is to continue the way Richard Stallman envisaged:
>>> ***Distribute all code in source form only - no binary distributions.***
>>>
>>> This way, the source files are protected under freedom of speech 
>>> rules and
>>> the originator of the work is safe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, this works only in the U.S.  Other countries which will
>> follow the US leadership in consumer suppression regulate free speech
>> to make it conforming to law.
>>
>> I agree, though, that source-only distribution avoids many problems
>> and is preferable.
>>
> But not all the people out there are skilled enough to install a source
> distribution. Also, binary installations may go faster, and the youth of
> today tends to not having time...
> So there are still problems with it. If one day computers are all so 
> fast like the one who compiled a kernel in 7.56 seconds, and we have a 
> nice API for compiling, it might be great idea, but it might happen that 
> someone else will claim to have had the idea. This certainly won't be me.
> 
> Thunder


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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Thunder from the hill]

Stephen Samuel wrote:
> But how are you going to compile your FIRST kernel?? At some point
> you'll need a compiler, and they'll insist that the limitations go into
> that first compiler that someone gets.
So either you can spell bytecode (but then you'll need an editor) or you
have it done before SSSCA takes over your computer.
Another problem: if it also applies to hardware, why did I get this new
raid5 controller a year ago? And what about all those people who just 
got latest hardware? Is it illegal?
I think there'll be another kind of dealers after that.

Regards,
Thunder
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Re: SSSCA Hits the Senate

[Matt Reppert]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:29:23 -0500
"Matthew D. Pitts" <mpitts@suite224.net> wrote:

> This bill seems to be an extension of the DMCA... at least to me. And as far
> as I am conserned, this bill will not get very far.

That's what people said about the DMCA, four years ago.

Granted, society hasn't ended because of it, but it's still very much
there. If you don't think it's an issue, perhaps you'd like to take it
up with, oh, Colen McMillen, Dmitri Sklyarov, or the people in charge
of bnetd? :)

Honestly, I hope you're right. Then again, I'm not willing to hedge
anything on the bet that you are, since in a way we've been there
before with interesting results.

Matt