Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:51:04 -0500 |
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On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:54:07 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch said: > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 22:10 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(A) says: > > > > (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition conta ined > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Actually there is similar wording here (but of course in German) used > for the similar purpose. The problem with this kind of law is IMHO: > -) "effectively controls access": If I (or someone else) can circumvent > it, it is obviously not "effective".
As Skylarov found out when he got into a pissing match with Adobe, ROT-13 qualifies as an "effective access control" as far as the law is concerned. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |