I'll add a small contribution to the code of ethics debate... Doctors have to obey a code of ethics, lawyers do, MBA programs require ethics classes.
Are system administrators any less important then these people? Would you not want the sysad at your ISP to have at least considered the moral and legal implications to reading your mail? Wouldn't you want to be able to scorn the certified BSD ad who sets up a massive spam farm. Wouldnt you want to be able to tell a reporter: "he/she broke the code, we are not all hackers, we tell people not to do this". Isnt about time software developers and admins started self-regulating (instead of having to endure more Computer Misuse Acts). Open source software is based on community standards, one of those standards is ethical behavior (no backdoors, no spam etc), shouldnt an open source cert be based on those standards too? _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
