Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!unhd.unh.edu!pas From: pas@unhd.unh.edu (Paul A. Sand) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Status of Len Rose v. Message-ID: <1991Mar29.101843.19291@unhd.unh.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 10:18:43 GMT References: <19125@rpp386.cactus.org> Organization: University of New Hampshire Lines: 24 In article <19125@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) writes: >Could anyone provide me with information regarding Len Rose's current >personal and legal situation? On the chance others besides John are interested: the 3/25 issue of the Wall Street Journal [page B2] reported that Len Rose pleaded guilty to "felony computer-crime charges." He will serve two concurrent one-year prison terms and will be eligible for parole in 10 months. Rose agreed to charges that he "misappropriated, shared, and modified" some UNIX source cdoe. Although constitutional free-speech issues were raised in this case, the charges Rose pleaded guilty to were narrow enough (according to the WSJ) that such issues weren't addressed. Mitchell Kapor was quoted as questioning the severity of Rose's sentencing. "If they sent to prison everyone with some unlicensed UNIX code, the jails would overflow... [Rose] didn't profit from this. He used poor judgment in copying the program, but you don't send people to prison for that." [Comment: apparently you do.] -- -- Paul A. Sand | Disclaimer: The opinions expressed -- University of New Hampshire | herein are my own. Duh. -- uunet!unhd!pas | (Jim Showalter) -- pas@unhd.unh.edu |