[in the news] New Legal Guideline

[Bert Desmet]

I agree with Jan here, because there is HUGE grey zone involved in
deciding which packages are accepted.
can't we add a rule in the user agreement, that fedora can't be hold
responsible for actions a user does with packages provided by the
fedora project?

regards,
Bert

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Jan Wildeboer <jwildebo at redhat.com> wrote:
> IMHO it is a risky decision. By limiting the field of use that governs what
> constitutes "acceptable" behaviour of Fedora, we effectively add regulations
> based on a vague feeling of "this could be somehow something that might put
> Fedora at risk".
>
> I expect a full and thorough analysis of which tools we currently ship could
> be excluded under this new doctrine. Think of nmap, wireshark etc. Tools
> that have a perfect use for debugging but can also be used for not-so-good
> things.
>
> With this decision, it will become hard to justify why some tools are OK and
> others pose a legal risk.
>
> I am not happy with this new policy.
>
> Jan
>
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> Hi,
>
> Some news in German about new legal guideline on pro-linux.de:
>
> Fedora gibt sich Richtlinie für Sicherheitssoftware
> http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/16390/fedora-gibt-sich-richtlinie-fuer-sicherheitssoftware.html
>
> Regards, vinz.
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