On Friday 31 May 2002 16:04, Alan Cox wrote: > > Actually, the current situation within the USA wrt technology related > > law-making is all the more reason to go there. Americans need our help to > > fight these kind of laws, not our ignorance. > > US citizens can fight such laws effectively, for a non US citizen it is > very hard. They risk months unable to leave the USA, they risk > deliberate use of race hate against arabs and political biases about > eastern europe being used for jury trials. The fact they are > extra-territorial is far worse. The US recently sentenced a Canadian to > jail for trading with Cuba, which is -required- under most national law. > Ugh... Is it really that hard in the US? Alan are from the US? > > With the current continuing rise in crazy US software patents, the > billions of dollars being spent by media companies to own the US > government and the like its getting dangerously close to an inevitable > conclusion. I have lots of cool software on my website, a growing part > of which through no choice of mine is not available to US citizens, only > in the free world. > > Why don't we hold the meeting in Cuba ? They don't seem to have an > paticularly problematic restrictions about who attends a conference there, > or problematic extra-territiorial judicial claims > Don't blame me but i know nothing about that. Here in Switzerland we are almost free in any sence (We also are alowed to play shooter games - hy to the gents from Germany :-) ) So i'm blue-eyed. I really can't imagine that a such event can't be done in the US. Not that i would be for it. There are really not many resons for me now going there... It does not matter to me because i can't come these days. If i have finished my studies then i can affort go join such an event... All i can say. Cuba is cool. I was there some years ago :-) BTW: Is there a website wich explains all the US-law problems in that sector? -- Raffaele Sandrini