During its fall session, the U.S. Congress is scheduled to consider the 
Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA).  When passed, the 
SSSCA will make the creation of software (or any other digital device) 
without U.S.-government approved copy prevention technology a felony 
offense punishable by five years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

In all likelyhood, the license fees and potential certification 
requirements for 'approved' copy prevention techologies will kill zero-cost 
software outright.  It is probably not an overstatement to say that the 
SSSCA be the deathknell of non-corporate software development in the US.

As the SSSCA relates to Povray, the U.S.-based Pov developers just might 
find themselves sharing a cell with Dmitry Sklyarov over the fact that 
Povray won't reject watermarked images maps.



Read all the depressing details on the SSSCA at 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46655,00.html


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