Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:30:24 +0200 | From | bert hubert <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10 |
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:07:03PM +0100, Roger Gammans wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:30:00PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > This would then presumably lead to password protected access for US kernel > > > developers that need to know? And some kind of NDA? > > > > US kernel developers cannot be told. Period. > > Huh, US resident or US citizens? > > If US resident , does that mean we can't send security patches to > Linus.
You can send him the patch. It appears you cannot tell him which vulnerability it fixes.
That is, unless the 'code = speech' people have succeded in setting enough precedent, in which case even 'code' may become a 'circumvention device'!
I am not a lawyer though, but at this point logic seems so far away that anything appears possible.
Regards,
bert
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