DeCSS

DeCSS

[Zefram]

I assume that everyone here knows what DeCSS is and supports its
dissemination and development.

It occurred to me that we have an opportunity to get DeCSS mirrored on a
large number of ftp sites around the world by a very simple mechanism:
mirror the files on ftp.zsh.org.  Conveniently, that's outside the
jurisdiction of the US courts.  Does anyone see a problem with this plan,
or have strong opinions about whether we should do this?

-zefram

Re: DeCSS

[Bart Schaefer]

On Feb 4, 10:04am, Zefram wrote:
} Subject: DeCSS
}
} mirror the files on ftp.zsh.org.  Conveniently, that's outside the
} jurisdiction of the US courts.  Does anyone see a problem with this plan,
} or have strong opinions about whether we should do this?

I can't advocate deliberately causing a mirror site -- many of which *are*
inside the jurisdiction of the US courts -- to unwittingly make available
something that might make them subject to legal action.  Much as I'd like
to support DeCSS, this sounds more like a way to lose a lot of zsh mirror
sites than a way to promote DeCSS.

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