Eposini lebhulogi, uJohn Gilmore, ummeli wamalungelo edijithali kanye nomsunguli we-EFF, umemezele ukuthi usesusiwe kunoma yisiphi isikhundla esisebenzayo ebhodini lenhlangano, kodwa uzohlala eyilungu.
UJohn Gilmore ungomunye wabasunguli be-Electronic Frontier Foundation, uhlu lweposi lwe-Cypherpunk, kanye ne-Cygnus Solutions. Wakha uhlu lwe-alt.org ku-Usenet futhi ungumnikeli omkhulu kuphrojekthi ye-GNU.
Ukushicilelwa kukaCohn akuchazi uhlobo noma imininingwane yengxabano eyaholela ekushiyeni kukaGilmore. Kubonakala sengathi i-EFF ayishicileli amaminithi ebhodi, futhi ayishicileli umthethosisekelo wayo noma imithetho yayo kwiwebhusayithi yayo (yize ikhuthaza ukucaca), okwenza kube nzima ukunquma ukuthi kungani uGilmore ebekwe icala noma izimo ezaholela kuleso sinqumo.
“Selokhu kwasiza kwatholakala i-EFF eminyakeni engu-31 edlule, uJohn Gilmore unikeze ubuholi nezeluleko ezindabeni eziningi ezibalulekile zamalungelo edijithali esizimelayo namuhla. Kodwa eminyakeni yamuva nje, asikwazanga ukuvumelana ngendlela engcono kakhulu yokuxhumana nokusebenza ndawonye, futhi asikwazanga ukuvumelana ngendlela eya phambili noGilmore endimeni yokuphatha. Yingakho nje ibhodi le-EFF lisanda kuthatha isinqumo esinzima sokuvota sokususa uGilmore ebhodini. «
“Sibonga kakhulu ngeminyaka eminingi uGilmore anikeze i-EFF njengomholi kanye nommeli, futhi ibhodi lamkhetha esikhundleni sokuba yiLungu Lebhodi Elihlonishwayo ukuze aqhubekele phambili. “Ngiyaziqhenya ngomthelela i-EFF enawo ekulondolozeni nasekukhuliseni amalungelo nenkululeko yomuntu ngamunye njengoba umhlaba usujwayele izinguquko ezinkulu kwezobuchwepheshe,” kusho uGilmore. "Ukuhamba kwami kuzoshiya ibhodi labaqondisi eliqinile kanye nabasebenzi abanamandla abazikhathalela ngokujulile lezi zinkinga." «
“UJohn Gilmore wasungula i-EFF ngo-1990 kanye no-John Perry Barlow, uSteve Wozniak kanye no-Mitch Kapor, futhi banikeza usizo lwezimali olubalulekile ekusindeni nasekukhuleni kwenhlangano eminyakeni eminingi. Kusukela lapho, uGilmore usebenze eduze nabasebenzi be-EFF, ibhodi, kanye nabameli kwezangasese, inkulumo yamahhala, ezokuphepha, ukubethela, nokunye. «
“Ngeminyaka yawo-1990, uGilmore wathola imibhalo kahulumeni eqinisekisa inkinga yeSichibiyelo Sokuqala ngokulawulwa kukahulumeni kokuthumela ngaphandle ekubhalweni kwemfihlo futhi yasiza ukwethulwa kokufakwa kwefayela likaBernstein v DOJ, okwaholela esinqumeni senkantolo sokuthi ikhodi yomthombo yesoftware yayivikelwe, ngoba yayithathwa njengenkululeko. yenkulumo eqinisekiswe iSichibiyelo Sokuqala kanye nemithetho kahulumeni eyayivimbela ukushicilelwa kwayo yayingqubuzana nomthethosisekelo. Lesi sinqumo sakwenza kwaba semthethweni ngo-1999 ukuthi iziphequluli zewebhu, amawebhusayithi, kanye nesofthiwe efana ne-PGP ne-Signal isebenzise noma yikuphi ukubethela abakukhethayo. «
“UGilmore uphinde wahola imizamo ye-EFF yokuklama nokwakha i-DES Cracker, eyabonwa njengenqubekelaphambili ebalulekile endleleni esihlola ngayo ukuphepha kolwazi kanye nezinqubomgomo zomphakathi ezilawula ukusetshenziswa kwayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Data Encryption Standard (DES) yeminyaka yawo-1970 yayishunyekiwe kuma-ATM namanethiwekhi amabhange, kanye nesofthiwe edumile emhlabeni jikelele. Izikhulu zikahulumeni wase-US zimemezele ukuthi i-DES iphephile, kuyilapho bona bengakwazi ukuyivimba ngasese. I-EFF DES Cracker ibonise esidlangalaleni ukuthi i-DES empeleni ibuthakathaka kangangokuthi ingaphulwa ngesonto ngokutshalwa kwezimali okungaphansi kuka-$ 350,000. Lokhu kugqugquzele ukudalwa nokwamukelwa kweSikalo Samazwe Ngamazwe Sokubethela Okuthuthukile Okuthuthukile (AES), manje esisetshenziswa kabanzi ukuvikela ulwazi emhlabeni jikelele. «
“Elinye lamagalelo abaluleke kakhulu kaGilmore ku-EFF kanye nenhlangano elwela amalungelo edijithali ibiqasha abantu ababalulekile enhlanganweni, okuhlanganisa nowayeyisikhulu esiphezulu uShari Steele, isikhulu esikhona njengamanje uCindy Cohn, noMeluleki Omkhulu kanye noMengameli u-Adams we-Internet Rights u-Lee Tien. «
»I-EFF ihlezi ithokozela futhi iyazisa imibono kaGilmore, ngisho noma singavumelani. Akulona ihaba ukusho ukuthi i-EFF ibingeke ibe khona ngaphandle kwakhe. Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nokuhlomula olwazini lwakho nesiqondiso sesikhungo endimeni yakho entsha njengelungu leBhodi elihloniphekile.”
Noma ngabe ulishiyile ibhodi labaqondisi, usazoba nethuba lokuqhubeka “uzama ukwenza abantu bacabange kabanzi ngomphakathi abawakhayo”, kodwa ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuvota.
Umthombo: https://www.eff.org/