[free-sklyarov] Would I have to pay for the Privilege

[Karsten M. Self]

on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:21:24PM -0400, Sean DuVally (sean at thefreevoice.org) wrote:
> Under the SSSCA, If I were to manufacture a interactive digital device,
> would I have to pay for a license for a certified security technology? 
> Who would certify the this technology? Would it be something similar 
> licensing from the DVD-CCA? Would this technology be proprietary? 
> How would this effect Free Software? There are alot of things to 
> think about. 

Under "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" licensing practices, very
likely there would be patent fees involved.

Certification is by the Secretary of Commerce, as is detailed repeatedly
in the proposed bill.

Cheers.

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