Ronald Bultje wrote: > Not really. As long as these legislations don't exist outside the US, > there's nothing to worry about. Why do you think encryption software, > even though export is forbidden in the US, still exists outside the US? > Because other countries do allow export, so this software is created > elsewhere. Hm, I wouldn't be so optimistic. Remember the recent DMCA Adobe case ? They've got "a software criminal" that was just passing by.... with all their juris mambo jambo greedy machine... and you know the rest... the costs.. the problems... the whole story... This is the result of an industry strategy. A strong lobby to make "software" a "(patented) consumer product" - like hardware assets are. Transforming the real nature of software... Not just a new kind of documented information but in a "real thing" in a "real product"... thus all the legal juris-legis stuff (warranties, trademarks, patents, etc,etc) would apply. (they are doing this) (IMHO this is nastily wrong). Well, I can only offer my own experience/opinion... After learning how to write the same math formulas, the same algorithms and ideas using 4/5 different computer programming languages, i realized that software is just merely information.... just a way to express ideas no matter binary, plain C, ASM or cool PERL... But it's not so easy to convince the obtuse vision of all the greedy industry that of course need to make a living and pay their always rising costs, new cars.. more shares... new crisis... Abracos PCastro -- HOM: http://www.momentus.com.br/users/hook/ GPG: http://www.momentus.com.br/users/hook/GPG-PauloCastro.asc
