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On Friday, January 6, 2017 10:15:27 AM EST William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> On Friday, January 6, 2017 11:48:57 AM EST Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> > Am Donnerstag, 5. Januar 2017, 17:14:51 CET schrieb William L. Thomson |
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Jr.: |
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> > > Keep in mind the US is founded on freedom of speech. An open source |
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> > > project |
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> > > could be argued along the same lines as freedom of speech and |
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> > > expression. |
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> > > Not to mention an argument could be made for technical benefit of all, |
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> > > etc. |
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> > As someone routinely dealing (outside Gentoo) with technology that falls |
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> > under US export control, I can assure you that freedom of speech has |
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> > absolutely nothing to do with this topic. |
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> Closed or open source software? |
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> Most any restricted under export tends to be closed source. The US supreme |
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> court has already ruled on this matter regarding open source. |
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Correction Federal Appellate court. A step or two below the Supreme court, |
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but not something that is likely to be overturned either way. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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