The fear of losing Linux has made the French government change their
encryption policy!
http://liberation.com/multi/actu/semaine990111/art990114d.html
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, David Monniaux wrote:
> I think there has been to much talk on this list on the above topics.
>
> 1/ Many people who talk about legal issues here simply don't know what
> they are talking about. Actually quoting from laws and legal texts is much
> better than just repeating distorted versions of the truth.
>
> I am sick and tired of the sci.crypt kind of political discussion.
>
> 2/ When talking about national laws in an international newsgroup, the
> thread usually quickly degenerates into a series of chauvinistic remarks,
> like "Oh, that's because in country xxx they have a socialist/fascist
> government, WE in our country wouldn't allow such things to happen.". This
> is especially true of people who anyway don't know much about what is
> discussed (see 1).
>
> For instance, many Americans think France is a police state, and the
> reverse is true. Repeated misconception and prejudice is NOT pushing the
> discussion forward.
>
> 3/ The person that proposed France should be cut from the Linux community
> has a tremendous sense of humour, since the author of ext2fs, Rémy Card,
> works in an university in Paris.
>
> 4/ POLITICAL SPECULATION / INSULTS / COMPARISONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH
> KERNEL DEVELOPMENT.
>
> Now let's go on with the REAL business.
>
> Regards,
>
> David Monniaux
> Computer Science Laboratory, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
>
>
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