On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 09:58 +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 08:13 +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote:
Well I propose that software includes calls to validation scripts to implement such measures, and that such scripts be specifiable by environment variables in order to upgrade such scripts to provide the er.. latest enforcement that is avilable.
That would meet the requirements of the law? Which seemed to suggest that ir was lack of control that was objectionable.
Can you modify the variable to use a script that always returns true? Yes.
Then that strategy is likely illegal under that law.
You can do the same with proprietary, closed source, software. Have you ever heard of disassemblers and binary patches ?
Simo.