Re: Company sued over comments in code
Daniel Berlin <dberlin(a)email.msn.com> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
Haha.
Regular people win either way.
A federal court very recently ruled that source code is not speech, and thus
not protected by the first amendment, and used this as the basis as to why
source code for encryption can be controlled as a munition.
If this person wins their case, that means that source code is speech, and
thus protected, and thus encryption export controls are illegal.
If this person loses their case, it means i can continue to name my
variables "My_ex_girlfriend_stacy_is_a_ho" or whatever.
This logic is suspect. You're either not American and/or not
following American news. The likeliest conclusion is that the lawsuit
will stand *and* crypto will continue to be restricted.
The collective IQ of the powers that be in the United States is room
temperature ... in Celsius.