[olug] RH security patch & DCMA

Fri Oct 25 19:58:24 UTC 2002

The patch is legal.  The information about the patch was what could not be released the the US citizens for fear of DMCA retribution.  So you can get the patch but you can't know what it does.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 03:42:44PM -0400, Timothy G. O'Brien wrote:
> Reading through the Oct 21 edition of eWeek, on page 62 there is a rumor mentioned that Red Hat deemed their new security patch illegal for the US under the DCMA...
> 
> Any truth to this? Anyone heard anything about this? Or are they just pulling our leg?
> 
> -- 
> Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
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