Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 19, 2004 07:39 PM
As a US resident who is also a programmer, does this mean I should avoid going to the EU for the same reason Alan Cox avoids the US?
<TT>Resignation from ALS, Skylarov affair... Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 12:31:02 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Cox To: alschair@usenix.org Cc: editor@lwn.net, editors@newsforge.com, gnu@eff.org
I hereby tender my resignation to the Usenix ALS committee.
With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. While he was undoubtedly chosen for political reasons as a Russian is a good example for the US public the risk extends arbitarily further.
Usenix by its choice of a US location is encouraging other programmers, many from eastern european states hated by the US government to take the same risks. That is something I cannot morally be part of. Who will be the next conference speaker slammed into a US jail for years for committing no crime? Are usenix prepared to take the chance it will be their speakers ?
Until the DMCA mess is resolved I would urge all non US citizens to boycott conferences in the USA and all US conference bodies to hold their conferences elsehere.
I appreciate that this problem is not of Usenix making, but it must be addressed
Alan Cox</TT>
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 19, 2004 07:39 PMThese types of laws could quickly snowball into a major problem for programmers in general. Maybe they already are.
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