🚀 go-pugleaf

strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
> Note that in no place does Moglen say use of PGP2.0 in the US. is legal. In n
> place does he say one isn't violating the Munitions Act. He even concedes it'
> a "civil WRONG" (emphasis added). What he says is that he thinks one is
> unlikely to be prosecuted/sued.
> 
> This means the ethical position is still unchanged in this discussion.

Please do not confuse ethics with law.  The two are pretty much orthogonal.

> Even for those who have no ethical concerns, suppose you were known to use it
> It might jeopardize your ability to pass the scrutiny needed to obtain
> government employment, receive government research funds, or work on
> government contracts if somebody, somewhere, has a note in a file about you
> "violated Munitions Act." And you'd never know. Something to think about. Lif
> is long, government files last forever, and some of the Yippees of the '60's
> now have government jobs.

All the more reason to use PGP to keep the rest of your private life away
from their prying eyes, I think.

> My position is clear. RSA has patents on a wonderful invention and they are
> entitled to the fruits of their work.

Or more precisely, the fruits of someone else's work, paid for by the US
taxpayer.


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