🚀 go-pugleaf

> If FEE is legal to use in the US, then why did it mysteriously
> disappear from 3.0?  Is NeXT afraid of a legal challange from RSA?
> I've been very curious about this since the early 3.0 announcements
> made a really big deal about this capability.

We all know the federal government does not want there to be any encrytion  
that it cannot break because it would make law enforcement much more  
difficult:  Warrents are useless if you don't have the keys... etc.

Rumor has it that NeXT didn't want to be the ones to fight the federal  
government on this one in the courts.  NeXT is not THAT secure.  It's not  
a question of right and wrong:  It's a question of Might makes Right.   
This is ONLY a rumor, but what else explains the facts?

Maybe RSN when NeXTSTEP gets is the dominant windowing system (In my  
dreams and NeXT's at least), they'll take on the mighty ones, but I  
imagine it'll be the FSF or a similar organiziation that takes on this  
challenge:  With the FSF instead of NeXT, it would clearly be a case of  
Free Speach -v- Censorship rather than Company -v- Regulation, and the  
government would have much less of a chance to win.

--Glenn Brown 

PS:  Can anyone tell me how to send $$ to the FSF?  =-)