Trouble with listen-up

Sina Bahram sbahram at nc.rr.com
Thu Feb 10 18:34:32 EST 2005


*chuckling* wow ... It's amazing what you guys can do with one misplaced
sentence ... Quite interesting actually from a sociological point of view
and how assumptions can snowball into miscommunicated conjecture and then
into quote, known facts, unquote.

Take care,
Sina

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Sean McMahon
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:21 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Trouble with listen-up

I'd say get someone in iran, or one of those countries where intelectual
property isn't respected to crack/distribute it.  If breaking and entering
is legal where you are, it's legal.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: Trouble with listen-up


> Sina Bahram writes:
> > Well, if it's easy enough to crack ... Then cracking it and distributing
> > binaries would be legal, I gather?
>
> Are you joking? The illegality of breaking and entering a house doesn't
> depend on the strength of the locks that protect it. In fact, it's still
> "breaking and entering," even if there is no lock, as I understand
> things--though perhaps some lawyer among us might clarify this principal
> for us.
>
> If redistribution is really illegal, than it's illegal regardless of
> presence or absence of encryption.
>
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sina





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