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> In the spirit of the first amendment, congress should make no law abridging the freedom to release open source software. This is an odd twist at the end. Wha

> In the spirit of the first amendment, congress should make no law abridging the freedom to release open source software. This is an odd twist at the end. What’s it referencing?

ohthatsnotright 3y ago
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SkyMarshal 3y ago
He's referencing the 90s crypto wars which he covered earlier in his comment. The cryptographers won that round when DJB won his lawsuit vs the US govt that resulted in software being considered speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein#Bernstein_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Bernstein#Bernstein_...
paulddraper 3y ago
It's not referencing anything, other than the first amendment. I.e. saying that source code is protected speech.