Isabel Drost wrote: > On Tuesday 23 October 2007, Steve Greenland wrote: >> Mere local law shouldn't make a package DFSG non-free. I'd bet there are >> many packages in Debian whose distribution or use violates local law >> somewhere in the world. > > Just a tiny example: I guess, Debian still contains many packages that > contain > software that might be considered "hacker tools" in German courts and thus > might be forbidden under German law:
... as long as most of those tools are also contained on a CD which is distributed by the BSI[1], I wouldn't think much about taking any action here in Germany.... Cheers, Bernd [1]: http://www.bsi.de/produkte/boss/index.htm -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bzed.de/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
