Re: Changing a license of a unmaintained software

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 08:54:37PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> 
> Electronic Communications Act 2000
> 
> 7. - (1) In any legal proceedings- 
>     
>         (a) an electronic signature incorporated into or logically
>         associated with a particular electronic communication or
>         particular electronic data, and
>   
>         (b) the certification by any person of such a signature,
>         
> shall each be admissible in evidence in relation to any question as to
> the authenticity of the communication or data or as to the integrity of
> the communication or data.

"admissible in evidence" is not very meaningful if that evidence
can immediately be shown to be useless.  For example, by demonstrating
in court how to forge exactly that signature by downloading the
private key from a public archive and using it.

Richard Braakman