From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 15:31:01 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Dr. Dobbs Cryptography and Security CD-ROM
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At 8:31 PM -0700 7/7/97, Bill Frantz wrote:

>You will have to decide for yourself how important the extra "convenience"
>of an electronic copy is compared with the publisher's stated intent to
>"never do this again" if it is posted.  It is a simple case of future
>benefit vs. immediate gratification.

Anytime a statement like this is made, one can count on the text being
posted. The act of posting such a warning, seen as a dare to many, or as a
suddenly very attractive target, ensures that it will be posted.

Either by someone just wanting to be the one to provoke an action, or by
the imp of the perverse, or by some TLA spook seeing in his posting the
solution to the problem of crypto knowledge proliferation.

(Not to mention being posted by someone who thinks it more important that
the knowledge get spread widely than that the publisher collect incremental
revenues.)

Similarities with such warnings to children--or to the infamous "Don't
think about the color blue for the next minute"--are left for you to ponder.

--Tim May

There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!"
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