John Beck writes: > Darren> IMO it is a very sad day that we have to have a discussion about > Darren> legal issues when considering network connectivity and defaults :-( > > Yes, I agree it is sad, but we work for a big company with billions of > dollars in the bank (or wherever it is kept :-) and adding a feature to > a product which could get us sued would be a Bad Thing IMO.
The flip side of this is that in telling the user that we will avoid connecting to unknown networks, we may inadvertently be giving the user a reason to _rely_ on Sun's 'advice' as encoded in the system design. "I can't have broken any law; Solaris protects me from that." As Joshua (WOPR) would say, it's "a strange game." We may need options here -- I'm not sure what they are -- but we do need to make it clear that we're not absolving any user of his behavior based on the policies we use. That's why I think (sadly enough) we probably need legal help with those issues. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
