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echo: osdebate
to: Jeff Shultz
from: Scott Little
date: 2002-11-18 09:55:32
subject: Australian Senators endorse Open Source

[ 17 Nov 02 14:34, Jeff Shultz wrote to Paul Ranson ]

 JS> Bull. All they have to do is slap an appropriate classification on all
 JS> code they added. You can do an FOIA on it, but when you get back
 JS> nothing but the original program and a lot of blacked out lines, it
 JS> makes the whole effort kinda useless.
 JS> Notice I said "appropriate classification." I'm not into
classifying
 JS> stuff for classifications sake.

Hmm.. it's kinda proving Microsoft's point if the NSA won't release code
due to 'national security' don't you think?  Not that MS will be including
next-gen encryption in the base OS anytime soon, but still...


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