[DreamSpinner]

I'm not from the USA - however most communication software implementation are commercial systems - and don't have the same free speech constraints.

There's already ample historic precedence for requiring suppliers of goods and services to include side door access for law enforcement.

CALEA comes to mind - it requires communications system providers to include third party listening capabilities.

There are probably (not a lawyer) arguments that could be made that software is speech - and the difference between an "Information Service" vs "Communication Service".

Also, I do wonder how OSS communications software (XMMP etc) might differ under some aspects against commercial software - like Cisco Jabber (which is also XMMP).

Or OSS software written by a private company/startup. Or someone wanting to move their hobby OSS software into a startup.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...