[TAG] Open Source doesn't mean "steal me!" (SONY)

[Jason Creighton]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:19:56PM +0000, Kat Tanaka wrote:
> Naughty, naughty SONY. Compounding their rootkit 
> gaffe, this news:
> 
> http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39154379,00.htm
>
> "Controversial copy-protection code used by music publisher Sony BMG on 
> CDs appears to have tapped an open-source project, raising questions about 
> copyright, software experts said on Friday."

I wouldn't say controversial. I'd say just plain stupid:
http://jcreigh.blogspot.com/2005/11/untrusted-computing.html

Jason Creighton