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Article #4056Re: distribution of sensitive software like DES
From: David Collier-Brown
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 14:17
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1988 14:17
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In article <4143@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU> ps111wei@sdcc3.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Keith Messer) writes:
> I'd be very interested in what the DEC lawyers had to say
>about this, but sadly they have wimped out in advance.
>... Try to keep in mind the spirit as well as the letter
>of the law, DEC!
Not an unusual situation: companies often make the long-term
mistake of trying to be like Caesar's wife and be above
controversy. This was OK for an appendage of an emperor, but
amounts to living in a dreamworld...
If a person, male, female or corporate, actually expects to **do**
anything in the observable world, controversy will follow.
Statistically, every company above X employees has a manager or
lawyer who will wimp out at the very mention of the CIA (US) or CSIS
(Canada).
--dave (is moral cowardice a survival trait?) c-b
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!daveb From: daveb@geac.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: distribution of sensitive software like DES Summary: sidebar on companies & lawyers Keywords: DES US DEC lawyers insults Message-ID: <2342@geac.UUCP> Date: 26 Feb 88 14:17:37 GMT Article-I.D.: geac.2342 Posted: Fri Feb 26 09:17:37 1988 References: <8801281211.AA13780@decwrl.dec.com> <8802162241.AA16997@armagnac.DEC.COM> <2275@geac.UUCP> <4143@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU> Reply-To: daveb@geac.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) Organization: The G. Yac Paranoia Dept. Lines: 24