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Filippo Valsorda
@FiloSottile
I was disappointed to see all the knee-jerk reactions to the Tornado sanctions, and I'm happy to see Matt and the EFF push back on the chilling effect on open source development. age is a privacy tool that's been used for ransomware, but its development is protected speech, too.
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Matthew Green
@matthew_d_green
There are a lot of thorny issues around the OFAC/Treasury sanctioning of an open source project, and what it means for freedom of speech. To help figure those out, the EFF has agreed to represent me. eff.org/deeplinks/2022
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Toby Pinder
@tobypinder
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@FiloSottile
You don't advertise and use age in an active service that you directly profit from, though. From my PoV the EFF is dangerously conflating code with it's use in active criminal enterprise, which worryingly weakens their position considerably for everyone in future
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Filippo Valsorda
@FiloSottile
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@tobypinder
The EFF is specifically fighting that conflation. Publishing and developing code is protected speech, and can't be targeted by government sanctions meant to stymie its use in a criminal enterprise.
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Filippo Valsorda
@FiloSottile
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That concerns the operation, not the development of the software, and is a complex issue unrelated to the 1st amendment matter. What's being defended here is the right to publish and develop open source software on GitHub free of government interference.
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Toby Pinder
@tobypinder
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@FiloSottile
So I can own and operate a service that enriches myself and coconspirators through the issuance of (illegal) securities, all on the basis of "it's MIT licensed on GitHub"?
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