[Pauldotcom] Microsoft Patents the "sudo" command

[Sam Buhlig]

OK. Maybe I am retarded.....don't answer that. I would just think that this
would still be applicable.

http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/license.html


Could someone maybe explain how this could happen with this still in affect.






On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Don Thomas <don.thomas.cissp at gmail.com>wrote:

> However...
>
> Groklaw brings up some interesting "prior art" and history of sudo.
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390
>
> Anyway, it's an interesting read...
>
> Best regards,
> -dt
> Don Thomas
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Leandro Malaquias <
> lm.net.security at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  David A. Gershman wrote:
>> > To be legal, I just removed all 'sudo' existence from my Linux boxes.
>> > >From now on, I'll boot into Windows and double click my 'sudo' icon and
>> > provide:
>> >
>> >   - the OS to boot into (though only Window 7 and above are allowed)
>> >   - the command to execute (properly corrected by M$ spell and
>> >                             grammar check.)
>> >   - the user to execute as (corrected to 'administrator')
>> >   - and the password (shown in the clear, of course)
>> >
>> > After "completion", I'll get a dialog box with title 'Error' and text
>> > 'Error'.
>> >
>> > "Microsoft. Where do you want to go...oh nevermind, we'll decide."
>> >
>> >
>> >> Website: http://gizmodo.com/5402796/microsoft-patents-the-sudo-command
>> >> Patent:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,617,530.PN.&OS=PN/7,617,530&RS=PN/7,617,530
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