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Re: Dissident test (was re: CDDL)



Merritt Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> In April 2005, Shi Tao was imprisoned for 10 years for "providing
> state secrets to foreign entities", partly because the local
> police traced his email address back to him (source Reporters
> Sans Frontiers). In that case, it was news of a censorship order,
> but why not news of a security vulnerability that state agents
> are exploiting? Anonymity has benefits for freedom.

He was discriminated against by his government, not by any sort of
software license.
-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org
My preferred name is "you"



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