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Linux kernel hacker follows DMCA -security implications staggering

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n0cmonkey

Elite Member
Well Alan Cox has taken the advice of lawyers (or something) and has decided to NOT release security fixes to those of us in the US. This shows the stupidity of the DMCA.

Link!


Is it me or do lawmakers get stupider and stupider each year?
 


<< The Copyright Law states that:

Without infringing copyright, the public has a right
to expect:

---to experiment with variations of copyrighted
material for fair use purposes, while preserving the
integrity of the original;

---to make transitory copies if ephemeral or
incidental to a lawful use and if retained only
temporarily.

Justice Sandra Day O'Conner >>




That about sums it up for me. Why would the DCMA restrict the information surrounding secuity fixes in Open Source code? That is just really really wierd.








SHUX
 
Well.. nOc... your in the security field... do you think there are potential negative impacts of this type of legistation on the way you guys have to work?
 


<< Well.. nOc... your in the security field... do you think there are potential negative impacts of this type of legistation on the way you guys have to work? >>



From what I understand of the DMCA (I will not understand all of it even if I wanted to go to law school) the impact it could have is horrible. Imagine not being able to test the security of a product you are planning on purchasing for your company. Well atleast you will have the manuacturer's word that the product is secure. Thank you Microsoft.

Also reverse engineering is destroyed so compatibility between a linux system and say a Windows system without help from Microsoft would be hampered.
 


<< Imagine not being able to test the security of a product you are planning on purchasing for your company. Well atleast you will have the manuacturer's word that the product is secure. Thank you Microsoft. >>



remember, since you can't test it, no one else can either, so it doesn't matter if it has any holes in 😉😉😛
 


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<< Imagine not being able to test the security of a product you are planning on purchasing for your company. Well atleast you will have the manuacturer's word that the product is secure. Thank you Microsoft. >>



remember, since you can't test it, no one else can either, so it doesn't matter if it has any holes in 😉😉😛 >>



No one in the US. We gotta worry bout dem foreigners! 😛
 


<<

<< Imagine not being able to test the security of a product you are planning on purchasing for your company. Well atleast you will have the manuacturer's word that the product is secure. Thank you Microsoft. >>



remember, since you can't test it, no one else can either, so it doesn't matter if it has any holes in 😉😉😛 >>




Yeah except for hackers and crackers hell bent on screwing you and your company in the ass and who don't give a rats as about DMCA.
 
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