Re: GPL V3 and Linux

[Bernd Petrovitsch]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 12:51 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:54:07 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch said:
> > On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 22:10 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > > 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(A) says:
> > > 
> > > (A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively
> >                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^
> > > controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition conta
> ined
> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 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".
> 
> As Skylarov found out when he got into a pissing match with Adobe, ROT-13

If even ROT-13 is "effective access control", anything which is titles
"Access Control" applies.

> qualifies as an "effective access control" as far as the law is concerned.

AFAICS several folks got my point ....

	Bernd
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