Hi, >>"Jonathan" == Jonathan Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jonathan> Changes to a packages control file: Jonathan> ---------------------------------- Two new fields are added Jonathan> to the control file, Import-Restricted and Jonathan> Export-Restricted. These fields take a comma delimited Jonathan> list of countries. Jonathan> For example, Jonathan> Package: ssh Jonathan> Export-Restricted: United States Jonathan> Import-Restricted: Russia, France I like the idea, but I am concerned about a) Potential liability placed on the maintainer (is he liable for being wrong or not having the complete list of countries in eithe category? b) the additional burden placed on developers (I have no idea what laws strange countries may have about even what is, to me, innocuous pieces of software). I think we may need a repository (which may just be a file) that people contribute to, which would be a resource that developers can look at. Since more hands are doing the work, there are fewer chances of errors. On the other hand that may make the project, or at least all contributors, partly liable as well. manoj -- So this is it. We're going to die. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E