Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:44:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:44:01 -0400 Received: from mailhost.idcomm.com ([207.40.196.14]:13751 "EHLO mailhost.idcomm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:43:50 -0400 Message-ID: <3BD4AF82.CB4EBA35@idcomm.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:45:06 -0600 From: "D. Stimits" Reply-To: stimits@idcomm.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6-pre1-xfs-4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10 In-Reply-To: <20011022233024.D747EAAA@thanatos.toad.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@localhost.localdomain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thomas Hood wrote: > > I think that a lot of people would like to know more about > how the DMCA creates the risk that Alan is worried about. I personally think DMCA creates a bad precedence, and in part is a reason why some idiot senator would sponsor more ridiculous bills like SSSCA. Killing or neutering DMCA is a good starting point to stopping it in the future. Check out SSSCA, no doubt influenced by the success of DMCA: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/10/19/1546246&mode=thread D. Stimits, stimits@idcomm.com > > Having said that, the decision about what is required to protect > himself is up to Alan, and if he chooses to be very cautious > then that is more than his right. Don't like it? You can > always start maintaining your own -xyz kernel branch. > > I would also like to know how this issue affects Canadians, > who often occupy a legal middle ground between the U.S. > and the non-U.S. world when it comes to these issues. > Can Canadian citizens be informed of these changelog items? > > -- > Thomas Hood > (Don't reply to the From: address but to jdthood_AT_mail.com) > - > 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/ - 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/