Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750956AbWA0N3t (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:29:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750981AbWA0N3t (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:29:49 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:7437 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750956AbWA0N3t (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:29:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:29:37 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Bernd Petrovitsch Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Ian Kester-Haney , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux Message-ID: <20060127132937.GA65793@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Bernd Petrovitsch , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Ian Kester-Haney , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43D65211.20006@wolfmountaingroup.com> <441e43c90601241721o8b4a9e5rd3a237f70aa46dbb@mail.gmail.com> <1138182144.4800.12.camel@tara.firmix.at> <200601270310.k0R3AIrf014656@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <1138355647.12605.21.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1138355647.12605.21.camel@tara.firmix.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 23 On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 10:54:07AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > 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". Wrong definition, try again. "Effective" has multiple meanings in english, one of them being "existing in fact, not theorical, real". Check wordnet, it's getting impressively usable nowadays. In other words, "effective"'s meaning can either move towards "efficient" or "actual/existing", depending on the context. OG. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/