Re: exploit in linux kernel

* Adam Trilling <[email protected]> [2002-10-26 18:07]:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Bob Kimmel wrote:
> 
> > I must be missing something here.  Details for the exploit
> > are not available, because of the US-DMCA, when source code
> > for the entire kernel is freely available?
> 
> Sounds like a troll to me.  The DMCA only applies to the companies who
> purchased it (ie, the media industry), in cases where you find a security
> hole in a content-protection system.
> 
You can find "The Final joint version of H.R. 2281, DMCA (Digital
Millennium Copyright Act)" at:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html


As you can see, this law has been thoroughly restricted:
     `(a) DESIGNS PROTECTED-

     `(1) IN GENERAL- The designer or other owner of an original design
     of a useful article which makes the article attractive or
     distinctive in appearance to the purchasing or using public may
     secure the protection provided by this chapter upon complying with
     and subject to this chapter.

     `(2) VESSEL HULLS- The design of a vessel hull, including a plug or
     mold, is subject to protection under this chapter, notwithstanding
     section 1302(4).

Richard
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