What timing!

Posted Dec 23, 2003 4:10 UTC (Tue) by jre (guest, #2807)
Parent article: Holiday cheer from the SCO Group

Wasn't it only yesterday that a LWN reader asked (about the RIAA subpoena ruling): "While I do find this interesting, what does it have to do with free software?"

Here's your answer, straight from the horse's [mouth]:

"DMCA liability extends to those who have reasonable grounds to know that a distribution (or re-distribution as required by the GPL) of the altered code or copyright information will induce, enable, facilitate, or conceal an infringement of any right under the DMCA."

I don't mean to disparage a perfectly innocent comment, only to point out that the DMCA is indeed a dangerous thing to leave lying around. When it falls into the wrong hands, free software likely will be affected.