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Date: 2000-04-06
Krypto/sieg: Source Code ist "protected speech"-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- revidiert, Source Code ist doch nicht rein funktional, sondern mit Schrift und Sprache gleichzusetzen, womit etwa die Veröffentlichung des Source von Krypto-Programmen unter die freie Meinungsäußerung fällt, die in den USA besonders geschützt ist. Background http://archiv.quintessenz.at/archiv/msg00106.html post/skrypt: Wenn wir schon beim Historischen sind - grad eben ist die q/depesche mit 1097 Ausgaben an mittlerweile 2600 Adressat/inn/en in ihr zweites Jahr gegangen, die quintessenz ist seit 66 Monaten im www. Wir danken allen, die uns dabei geholfen haben, vor allem jenen, die gute News zur Weiterleitung an uns relayen. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- relayed by "geert lovink" <[email protected]> via Eveline Lubbers" <[email protected]> -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Buried beneath the Nasdaq angst and Microsoft recapping was news of a big legal victory for cryptologists and coders. Still, a few outlets found room to report on Case Western law professor Peter Junger's free-speech victory against the federal government in a federal appeals court. The case began when Junger wanted to post encryption codes on his Web site for his computer-law students. When the government told the prof that he needed a license because of National Security Agency regulations covering the export of encryption software, he sued. The case hinged on whether code was a form of speech. Overturning a 1998 ruling by a federal district court, the appeals court ruled that it was. Wired News quoted the unanimous ruling of the three-judge panel: "Because computer source code is an expressive means for the exchange of information and ideas about computer programming, we hold that it is protected by the First Amendment." Obviously, the ruling has wide implications for coders. As CNET reported, "According to some legal analysts, programmers accused of wrongdoing could find a powerful First Amendment defense if the decision holds. For example, some theorized that today's decision could test the balance between free speech and copyright protections in litigation between the movie industry and Web operators accused of circulating a program that lets people crack the security on DVDs." With this ruling so close on the heels of the Microsoft decision, one might almost believe that our legal system really works. - Michelle Goldberg Crypto Regs Challenged Again http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35425,00.html Court: Programming Languages Covered by First Amendment http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200- 1641004.html?tag=st.ne.1002-0-1002-0-16 41021.1005-200- 1641004?st.ne.fd.gif.j Court: Computer Programming Languages Protected by First Amendment (AP) http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/do cs/017766.htm -.- -.-. Connectivity statt Isolierung http://o5.or.at -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 2000-04-06 comments to [email protected] subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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