Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10

Jesse Pollard (pollard@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil)
Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:31:52 -0500 (CDT)

>
> By the same line of reasoning, using passwd as root on a different user
> would be a possible circumvention of a copyright protection mechanism
> and thus turn passwd into illegal software under the DMCA. Are all *nix
> manufacturers and Linux distributors aware of this? All Linux distros
> and all Unix operating systems are illegal under DMCA...

It also applies to Windows too -- the admin would be cirumventing protection
by just changing the/a password...

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Jesse I Pollard, II
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