[4649] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: How to donate a clue to a lawyer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay D. Dyson)
Sat May 8 12:42:30 1999
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 21:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@c2.net>
In-Reply-To: <199905071634.SAA09934@mail.replay.com>
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Anonymous wrote:
> Here's Lance Rose's take on the Bernstein decision:
>=20
> Sorry to say, but the 9th Circuit took the dumb approach I mentioned in m=
y
> earlier post.
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Their whole approach to "source code as speech" is =
misguided -
> unless we are talking about people talking to machines!=A0 Source code is
> specifically designed and constrained to make a computer operate in=20
> exactly specified ways.
=09With all due respect, this is absolute rubbish. That one does not
comprehend a language does not invalidate that language's being protected
speech. For example, I know American Sign Language and use it on a daily
basis (and no, I'm not deaf...well...not yet). Am I to understand that
Lance Rose considers my method of communication to not be protected by the
First Amendment simply because he can't grok it?
=09Methinks someone needs to think/rethink through their position.
- -Jay
( ______
)) .-- "There's always time for a good cup of coffee." --. >=3D=3D=
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C|~~| (>-- Jay D. Dyson -- jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov --<) | =3D |-=
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`--' `- Superman had Kryptonite, I got NT. Life is real. -' `-----'
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