Re: [HACKERS] Re: Copyright

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Don Baccus wrote:

> At 12:51 PM 1/29/00 -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> >The same thing applies to Linux ... how many different distributions and
> >philosophies are out there now?  
> 
> Either too many, or not enough, I can never decide :)
> 
> >Ummm...PostgreSQL, Inc isn't a US company...*technically*, like OpenBSD,
> >PostgreSQL is a Canadian Open Source Project, as its development is based
> >in Canada
> 
> I hadn't realized that (not that I've cared!).
> 
> > ... which has this neat little advantage that OpenBSD has taken
> >advantage of, but we haven't yet: we can add stuff like SSL encryption
> >directly into the source code and distribute it legally...
> 
> Sigh...it's always painful to have my country's stupidity flaunted
> in public :)

When those laws were created, there was a reason for them ... in this day
and age, there isn't, but, unfortunately, I think its easier to put *in* a
law then it is to repeal it, no? :(  Give it time ... just thank god for
loopholes :)

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org