List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10 From: bert hubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2001-10-22 13:30:24 [Download message RAW]
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:07:03PM +0100, Roger Gammans wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:30:00PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > This would then presumably lead to password protected access for US kernel > > > developers that need to know? And some kind of NDA? > > > > US kernel developers cannot be told. Period. > > Huh, US resident or US citizens? > > If US resident , does that mean we can't send security patches to > Linus. You can send him the patch. It appears you cannot tell him which vulnerability it fixes. That is, unless the 'code = speech' people have succeded in setting enough precedent, in which case even 'code' may become a 'circumvention device'! I am not a lawyer though, but at this point logic seems so far away that anything appears possible. Regards, bert
