It could be a crime, but you would still have to be able prove that I should have known what my computer was doing and failed to act. Virus don't tell you they your infected and that your computer is doing something wrong, freenet does.
Same answer to http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general/246 ----- Original Message ----- From: "TLD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matthew Findley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Re: Showdown at the Freenode Coral > Matthew Findley wrote: > > Not knowing what is on your node is not a defense. It doesn't matter > > that you don't know for sure or that you can't know. Only that you > > should know. And since you chose to run freenet why is so outrages to > > expect that you should know what it's doing? > > LOL I bet you know exactly every action your (windows) PC does, don't you? > After all, you chose to run that OS (and programs), you SHOULD KNOW! > Yet, windows can, and IS, (ab)used to put up viruses, warez ftpz, DDoS > zombies, open proxies and whatever's not coming to my mind. > If you do, I hear the breath of the DMCA agents behind your neck. If you > don't, you've just said you're liable for whatever happens to your PC :) > > -- > /~\ The ASCII TLD > \ / Ribbon Campaign "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain > X Against HTML a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty > / \ Email! nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin > > _______________________________________________ chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general
