This story has appeared in other outlets as well. "The decision came during the same meeting that the board unanimously decided to add a new statement to Fedora's legal guidelines concerning the inclusion of hacking tools....Smith said the language is intended to clarify its stance on a class of software that can be used both to secure and penetrate protected networks.
“It's very much a gray area, and as a Board we wanted to ensure that we were careful and deliberate about the kinds of tools we choose to put in Fedora,” he explained. For the record, Fedora already includes a host of other hacking tools, including Jack John the Ripper, Ettercap, Dsniff, Yersinia, Nessus and Nikto, to name a small few." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/11/fedora_hacker_tool_ban/ -- marketing mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
