Comments on: Fingerprinting legal issues update

By: Chris Sherlock

Chris Sherlock — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:01:28 +0000

So, why don’t you do what the PGP guy did? Print the sourcecode in booklet form, then send it to a developer in a non-constrained country?

Or do what the Kerberos guys did. They built the software, added in stub functions where they needed to encrypt the software. Then an Australian developer implemented the encryption by filling in the stub functions.

Just a thought.

By: ann

ann — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:36:43 +0000

Hello could you please just give me a brief list on what legal laws are broken with fingerprinting and which codes of conducts are broken thank you very much

By: dsd’s weblog » Blog Archive » Misc updates

dsd’s weblog » Blog Archive » Misc updates — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:31:41 +0000

[...] I hope to continue my investigation into the fingerprinting legal issues within the next few days. This is currently on hold while I’m waiting for information from a few people. [...]

By: Carsten Lohrke

Carsten Lohrke — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:28:25 +0000

What about free speech? I mean – it’s text.

By: Donnie Berkholz

Donnie Berkholz — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:02:47 +0000

As a further note, Mark Webbink (RH general counsel) addressed this same issue in a recent Linux Magazine (US). I’ve got it at home.

By: Donnie Berkholz

Donnie Berkholz — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:00:35 +0000

From a technical POV, that _is_ open-source compatible. Open-source licenses give extra permissions regarding copyright and sometimes patents, they do not address any of the other possible country-specific laws to which you may need to adhere such as cryptographic (or other) export control.

The only problem is that it’s a PITA.