Code is speech Almost 30 years ago, a judge ruled in favor of Bernstein (a mathematician at the University of California), who wanted to publish an encryption algorithm he developed, the source code, and the paper. We still celebrate this won battle.

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EFF at 25: Remembering the Case that Established Code as Speech

One of EFF's first major legal victories was Bernstein v. Department of Justice, a landmark case that resulted in establishing code as speech ...