[51577] in Cypherpunks
Re: new netscape servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Froomkin)
Thu Mar 7 01:58:48 1996
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 01:29:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Froomkin <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: Jeff Weinstein <jsw@netscape.com>
Cc: Alex Strasheim <alex@proust.suba.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <313D5C6A.6A4A@netscape.com>
On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
> Alex Strasheim wrote:
> > But that doesn't mean we're powerless. I think we ought to:
> >
> > (1) form a new non-profit low cost CA
>
> I encourage you and anyone else who is interested to do this if you want
> to. However I do suggest that you consult a lawyer, since there may be
> liability issues involved. There are a lot of big and medium sized companies
Oh boy are there liability issues. Talk to me if you seriously want to
know a lot more. (My paper on this will be out soonish....)
> that are entering or about to enter this market. I'm sure there is room for
> some lean low cost ones too.
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