From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265200AbTLKSuF (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:50:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265201AbTLKSuF (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:50:05 -0500 Received: from ahriman.Bucharest.roedu.net ([141.85.128.71]:42389 "EHLO ahriman.bucharest.roedu.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265200AbTLKSuA (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:50:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 20:50:28 +0200 (EET) From: Mihai RUSU X-X-Sender: dizzy@ahriman.bucharest.roedu.net To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: Robin Rosenberg , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? In-Reply-To: <200312111756.hBBHulKh013471@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <00af01c3bf41$2db12770$d43147ab@amer.cisco.com> <3FD7081D.31093.61FCFA36@localhost> <20031210221800.GM6896@work.bitmover.com> <200312111844.03839.roro.l@dewire.com> <200312111756.hBBHulKh013471@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > 17 USC 1201 (a)(1)(A) says: > > "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls > access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the > preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning > on the date of the enactment of this chapter." What about section 1201(f)(2) : Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a)(2) and (b), a person may develop and employ technological means to circumvent a technological measure, or to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure ... for the purpose of enabling interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs, if such means are necessary to achieve such interoperability, to the extent that doing so does not constitute infringement under this title. Read more on this case analysis http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=149 - -- Mihai RUSU Email: dizzy@roedu.net GPG : http://dizzy.roedu.net/dizzy-gpg.txt WWW: http://dizzy.roedu.net "Linux is obsolete" -- AST -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2Lx2PZzOzrZY/1QRAiMVAKDRL1T2XM0dmIRWat3L9pFFw92JrQCgvyAw Dop7R7K/waecGWn9PDhAJ1M= =6zfE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----