more on Skylarov

[Furmanek, Greg]

Yeah....

They should GPL True Type....






> -----Original Message-----
> From: Digital Wokan [mailto:wokan@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:12 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: more on Skylarov
> 
> 
> May not matter.  The FBI is free to pursue the charges 
> against him, then
> Adobe gets to come off looking like the good guys.  Don't let them off
> that easily.  They're the ones who called in the FBI to begin with. 
> Let's see them do more than just "back down" before they regain our
> trust.
> 
> "David P. Schwartz" wrote:
> > 
> > Adobe seeks release of Russian programmer
> > 
> > In the wake of worldwide criticism, Adobe Systems agrees to 
> withdraw from a
> > case charging a 27-year-old Russian programmer with 
> copyright violations.
> > 
> > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010724/tc/
> > adobe_seeks_release_of_russian_programmer_1.html
> > 
> > --------------------
> > . . .
> > 
> > "The prosecution of this individual in this particular case 
> is not conducive
> > to the best interests of any of the parties involved or the 
> industry," Colleen
> > Pouliot, senior vice president and general counsel for 
> Adobe, said in a
> > statement. "Adobe will continue to protect its copyright 
> interests and those
> > of its customers."
> > 
> > . . .
> > 
> > [Skylarov's attorney] added that the lesson of Sklyarov is 
> likely not lost on
> > other programmers. "His arrest says you can put computer 
> programmers in jail
> > for creating software that somewhere down the line could be 
> used to make a
> > copy of a program or digital book."
> > 
> > [Let this be a lesson to y'all -- it's safer to write 
> software for bomb and
> > missile controllers that mame and kill than it is to write 
> something that
> > violates the DCMA!]
> > 
> > For Adobe's part, the episode has not been a total loss, 
> either. Pouliot
> > stressed that the offending software is no longer for sale 
> in the United
> > States.
> > ----------------------
> > 
> > Ya gotta wonder how long it will be before Adobe's products 
> are no longer
> > available for sale in European countries for violating their laws...
> > 
> > -David
> > 
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