Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751100AbWI2KnA (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:43:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751102AbWI2KnA (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:43:00 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:46000 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751100AbWI2Km7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:42:59 -0400 Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement From: Alan Cox To: Helge Hafting Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, Neil Brown , Michiel de Boer , James Bottomley , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <451CF22D.4030405@aitel.hist.no> References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> <17687.46268.156413.352299@cse.unsw.edu.au> <1159183895.11049.56.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1159200620.9326.447.camel@localhost.localdomain> <451CF22D.4030405@aitel.hist.no> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:07:47 +0100 Message-Id: <1159528068.13029.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1250 Lines: 27 Ar Gwe, 2006-09-29 am 12:15 +0200, ysgrifennodd Helge Hafting: > This seems silly to me. Sure, lasers and medical equipment is > dangerous if used wrong. When such equipment is > controlled by software, then changing that software brings > huge responsibility. But it shouldn't be made impossible. You will note that large corporations like telcos routinely push for such legislation and rules to increase the burdens on smaller companies and prevent competition. > > - Regulations to prevent unauthorized access to radio frequencies, which > > is what concerns e.g. cellphone manufacturers. > > > Unauthorized use is illegal and easy enough to track down. > No special protection is needed. And it cannot be enforced > by making the phones har to modify - any radio amateur knows Indeed - the regulations exist so that the state can control who makes phones, ensure they contain the GSM crypto backdoors and don't support additional voice scrambling or call relay type onion routing etc. Alan - 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/