Re: Debian-AI

[Isabel Drost]

On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Andrew Dougherty wrote:
> There is a lot of great libre software related to the field of
> Artificial Intelligence either directly or indirectly that has not
> been packaged yet for Debian.
>
> As a result of this, it has been my goal to assemble a comprehensive
> software ontology of existing systems and package as many of them as
> possible.

If your goal is to provide a comprehensive repository of AI software, I think 
you have forgotten some rather important AI projects on your list. You might 
want to have a look at the following two lists:

http://ml-site.grantingersoll.com/index.php?title=Existing_Learning_Tools

http://mloss.org/software/

Isabel

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Re: Bug#447712: Package could be non-free in the United Kingdom

[Isabel Drost]

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:

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/90255

[...] It becomes an offence to create, sell, distribute or even aquire so 
called Hacker Tools that are built to conduct criminal acts like aquiring 
illegal access to protected data. It is feared by many that this might keep 
administrators and security experts from doing their job – i.e. from properly 
testing applications or networks to enhance security while on the other hand 
the blackhats don't really care that their choosen tool has been made illegal 
now. [...]

Isabel

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