[free-sklyarov] New stuff up on EFF

[Tom]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 05:48:00PM -0700, Alex Katalov wrote:
> Lets imagine:
> 
> 1) We (ElcomSoft) make some commercial software which use Prof.
> Felten's algoritms
> 
> 2) We sign some contract with Felten, that he donates this algoritm to
> us for any use for free (i.e. he personally will have not any
> commercial relations with Elcomsoft at all).
> 
> 3) Inside the software (according to the Russian's copyright law)
> we'll write:  "(c)Edward Felten, Elcomsoft".
> 
> 4) Then we put this software for sale from our website.
> 
> 5) Then Prof. Felten will go to some conference in the USA to have a
> speach about _his_algoritm_, but uses our software for demonstration.
> 
> What DoJ will do in this case?

argue that you're acting in concert in order to break the law, i.e.
conspire, which means this is a conspiracy and everyone knowingly
involved, whether or not he himself broke the law or not, will be
invited to a 15 year tour of the federal prison system.


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