"Richard A. O'Keefe" wrote:
> 
> I have two concerns.
> (1) The chilling effect of US legislation on other countries.
>     It has already been pointed out in comp.risks that some people in other
>     countries are afraid of what might happen if they work on crypto and then
>     visit the USA, thanks to the DCMA.

Well, that's not a dumb thought: if I remember correctly, Alan Cox has
already cancelled one trip to the States for this very reason. (Cox is,
amongst many other things, one of the key Linux kernel folk.) 

>From Linux Today:


>Alan Cox has resigned from USENIX and suggested that
>other developers should avoid US conferences while the
>DMCA remains in force. The International Information Hiding Workshop,
>threatened over research on SDMI, is moving to the Netherlands.


http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991063


It does seem to this European that the US is letting the tail wag the
dog. Maybe all software developers should move to Cuba?

Cheers

John
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