Re: [linux-security] Malicious Linux modules (fwd)

Harald Koenig (koenig@ceres.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 02:54:22 -0400

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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:25:28 +0200
From: Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
To: linux-kernel-list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: AMD k6 cosmetic problems
References: <m0xK5TZ-0005FnC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk> <Pine.LNX.3.95.971011183907.10915A-100000@nightshade.z.ml.org> <61p2mo$idv$1@palladium.transmeta.com>
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On Oct 11, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> They couldn't trademark "386", or "486" because those are *NUMBERS*,
> and the court ruled you can't own a number. However, "IA32" is
> definitely *not* a number, and certainly could be trademarked.

using base-19 (or higher) even "IA32" is just a number (127131 dec for base-19;)

Harald

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