[vorbis] CBDTPA

[Akos Maroy]

Jack Moffitt wrote:
> A lot of open source software is developed in the U.S.  Not everyone is
> going to move to Canada or some other country.  

While I do see the personal problems you would probably face in the 
event this law passes the US Senate, I'd like to point out that there 
have already been projects that survived 'stupid' american legislation. 
Just look at PGP, for instance. (While, of course, PGP was not banned 
per se, it was just illegal to export it.)

> Just because it doesn't restrict what _you personally_ do, doesn't mean
> it won't have some affect on your life.

Of course it does have an effect. I guess it's the extent of the effect 
we're arguing about. Fortunately in Europe I see a lot more sensible 
policy towards such issues.

On one hand I'm really sad to see that any country is contemplating on 
such absurd laws. On the other, it might be an effective shock terapy 
for a nation to have such laws, so as to shake them up and make them see 
their wrong ways.

Then again, they might never wake up. This will just lead to isolation, 
as per Alan Cox et al.

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