We wish to express our strong objection to the prosecution of Randal Schwartz and Intel's role in it. We believe it necessary that Intel repudiate the criminal charges made against Randal in Oregon v. Schwartz, refund any "restitution" paid based on those charges and offset the costs of Randal's defense against them. This is the minimum that fairness requires since what happened was at worst a policy breach and since Randal also suffered loss of income, loss of reputation and a good deal of anguish.

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The name of all signers will be made public periodically. For administrative concerns about the letter contact jeffrey@rahul.net. Corrections sent to us2intel@rahul.net will be applied ASAP. For discussion of its contents, join the mailing list fors-discuss@teleport.com.

The most recent list of signers by name may be conveniently found on the Friends of Randal Schwartz Web site: http://www.lightlink.com/fors/. Approximate statistics by country are also available.

Depending on your areas of interest, some of the signers of the Open Letter to Intel may be familiar.