centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Julien LEMOINE
Hello, I uploaded today a version of centericq with support for last msn protocol (MSN9). I received a question from upstream author, he do not want to include this patch in official release for the moment because he do not know if this is legal. Does someone know if this

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 03:33:24PM +0200, Julien LEMOINE wrote: Hello, I uploaded today a version of centericq with support for last msn protocol (MSN9). I received a question from upstream author, he do not want to include this patch in official release for the moment because he do

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:25:22AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 03:33:24PM +0200, Julien LEMOINE wrote: Hello, I uploaded today a version of centericq with support for last msn protocol (MSN9). I received a question from upstream author, he do not want to

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Mike Dresser
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Brian Ristuccia wrote: [1] Components in a certain older DEC monitor can be made to actually catch fire if the monitor is driven at frequencies outside of its design range. On systems so equipped, one can use xvidtune to remotely start a fire. And on the

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Dylan Thurston
On 2003-10-23, Brian Ristuccia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (The fact that end users might use the software for something illegal is irrelevant to whether or not it can be included in Debian. One can use mixmaster for industrial espionage, john to brute-force UNIX password files for the purpose of

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Måns Rullgård
Dylan Thurston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe courts have drawn a legal distinction between products or code that has a reasonable legal purpose and code that has no such legal purpose. In the case of MSN, would it be legal to run a private server, using the MSN9 protocol? Or is the

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Dylan Thurston
On 2003-10-23, Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dylan Thurston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe courts have drawn a legal distinction between products or code that has a reasonable legal purpose and code that has no such legal purpose. In the case of MSN, would it be legal to run

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 04:21:40PM +, Dylan Thurston wrote: On 2003-10-23, M??ns Rullg??rd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dylan Thurston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe courts have drawn a legal distinction between products or code that has a reasonable legal purpose and code that has

Re: centericq and MSN support

2003-10-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 04:47:21PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 10:25:22AM -0400, Brian Ristuccia wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 03:33:24PM +0200, Julien LEMOINE wrote: Hello, I uploaded today a version of centericq with support for last msn protocol