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: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: Fedora Marketing team <[email protected]> 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. -- marketing mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing -- marketing mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
