This should be discussed on either devel@ or advisory-board@, not the marketing list.
this would also mean that tools like proxytunnel and corkscrew are bad as they are intended to punch holes in http(s) proxies. This is certainly not common use as they are used to circumvent proxies like websense, etc. These tools have been part of the fedora repositories for some time. And what about legal risks concerning the Security spin? This can also be used in illegal ways.
My 2cents as I am also not happy with this policy. Gerard
On 11/14/10, Jan Wildeboer jwildebo@redhat.com wrote:
IMHO it is a risky decision. By limiting the field of use that governs
what
constitutes "acceptable" behaviour of Fedora, we effectively add
regulations
based on a vague feeling of "this could be somehow something that
might put
Fedora at risk".
I expect a full and thorough analysis of which tools we currently ship
could
be excluded under this new doctrine. Think of nmap, wireshark etc.
Tools
that have a perfect use for debugging but can also be used for not-so-
good
things.
With this decision, it will become hard to justify why some tools are
OK and
others pose a legal risk.
I am not happy with this new policy.
Jan
----- Original Message ----- From: marketing-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org marketing-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org To: Fedora Marketing team marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org Sent: Sun Nov 14 10:30:19 2010 Subject: [in the news] New Legal Guideline
Hi,
Some news in German about new legal guideline on pro-linux.de:
Fedora gibt sich Richtlinie für Sicherheitssoftware http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/16390/fedora-gibt-sich-richtlinie-fuer-
sicherheitssoftware.html
Regards, vinz.
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