[in the news] New Legal Guideline

[Ryan Rix]

This should be discussed on either devel@ or advisory-board@, not the 
marketing list. 

> this would also mean that tools like proxytunnel and corkscrew are bad
> as they are intended to punch holes in http(s) proxies. This is
> certainly not common use as they are used to circumvent proxies like
> websense, etc. These tools have been part of the fedora repositories
> for some time. And what about legal risks concerning the Security
> spin? This can also be used in illegal ways.
> 
> My 2cents as I am also not happy with this policy.
> Gerard
> 
> On 11/14/10, 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
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: marketing-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org
> > <marketing-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> > To: Fedora Marketing team <marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> > Sent: Sun Nov 14 10:30:19 2010
> > Subject: [in the news] New Legal Guideline
> >
> > 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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