DMCA Forces Cox To Censor Changelog?

Ross Vandegrift writes: "Alan Cox released 2.2.20pre10 today, which includes security fixes. He is refusing to indicate what security holes have been fixed, as Unix-style permissions could be used as an anti-circumvention device. The thread starts here. " It'd be great if people could read the threads here and try to figure out what is going on. I'm a little lost, but it looks like he's being overzealous.

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You don't say?

[Lethyos]

"but it looks like he's being overzealous."

Alan Cox? Overzealous? Nah! I can't even imagine.

Re:he's just trying to "make a point"

[maxpublic]

If Cox isn't willing to risk the heat, or at worst is lashing out against American kernel developers out of spite against American laws, then he's no longer qualified to run the changelog.

Linux programming should *never* be subverted to the political whims of a single individual. If this is the game that Cox is going to play under the rubric that he *might* be sued or arrested, then the logical step is *not* to exclude Americans but rather to pass the torch onto someone with bigger cojones. The fact that he refuses to do so is a clear indication that he's using his position to enforce his own political views at the expense of American programmers.

Screw him. If he wants to jerk around then he can do it alone with his right hand. Only an asshole would drag everyone else along on his own personal crusade.

Max