Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 6 Feb 2005 at 19:18, D. Popkin wrote: > Yes, but Big Brother governments are not the only way such > "wisdom" gets imposed. Bill Gates came close to imposing it > upon all of us, and if it hadn't been for Richard Stallman > and Linus Torvalds, we might all be suffering under that yoke >

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:09:56AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: > There is nothing stopping you from writing your own operating > system, so Linus did. Yes. Corporate lawyers descending upon your ass, because you -- allegedly -- are in violation of some IP somewhere. See you in court. > If, ho

Re: RSA Conference, and BA Cypherpunks

2005-02-09 Thread Tyler Durden
How 'bout laying siege to May's compound as a Cypherpunk 'team-building' excersize? -TD From: "J.A. Terranson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], cryptography@metzdowd.com Subject: Re: RSA Conference, and BA Cypherpunks Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:19:30