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Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: [DMCA_discuss] Linux kernel security fixes censored by the DMCA
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Re: [DMCA_discuss] Linux kernel security fixes censored by the DMCA
- From: Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 18:41:26 +0200
- In-Reply-To: <3bd834f4.2962.0@panix.com>; from murphy@panix.com on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:51:16AM -0500
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:51:16AM -0500, Roy Murphy wrote:
> This was nothing more than a publicity stunt by Alan Cox.
>
> He censored a kernel changelog. The changelog is a description of the purpose
> of the patches that he accepted an incorporated. A *description* of the existing
> security hole which was patched *is*not* a device. No reasonable person could
> confuse it with a device. I won't even go into 1201(a)(2) A/B/C analysis.
Just a description, right? Just like what Felten wanted to publish
before being "warned" of the potential legal ramifications?
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