On Monday 28 May 2007, M Harris wrote: > 2. Creating, procuring for themselves or others, selling, > distributing, handing over or in any other manner making available to > others computer programs the purpose of which is the commission of such a > criminal offense will be punished with a prison term of up to one > year or with a fine. > > As the wording of the draft makes clear the sole criterion here is the > objective risks inherent in the software -- and not as one might expect > the purpose for which it is meant to be used.
I've actually never seen a piece of software that stated anywhere in its documentation that "purpose of which" was the commission of a criminal offense. It would seem that the current usage/purpose statements that accompany things like Ethereal/wireshark are quite sufficient to protect them from prosecution under this law. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
