Re: (LONG) Correct non-US solution
Hi,
>>"Jonathan" == Jonathan Walther <krooger@debian.org> writes:
Jonathan> Changes to a packages control file:
Jonathan> ---------------------------------- Two new fields are added
Jonathan> to the control file, Import-Restricted and
Jonathan> Export-Restricted. These fields take a comma delimited
Jonathan> list of countries.
Jonathan> For example,
Jonathan> Package: ssh
Jonathan> Export-Restricted: United States
Jonathan> Import-Restricted: Russia, France
I like the idea, but I am concerned about
a) Potential liability placed on the maintainer (is he liable for
being wrong or not having the complete list of countries in eithe
category?
b) the additional burden placed on developers (I have no idea what
laws strange countries may have about even what is, to me,
innocuous pieces of software).
I think we may need a repository (which may just be a file)
that people contribute to, which would be a resource that developers
can look at. Since more hands are doing the work, there are fewer
chances of errors. On the other hand that may make the project, or at
least all contributors, partly liable as well.
manoj
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So this is it. We're going to die.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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