Re: bladeenc

[Brian Ristuccia <brianr@osiris.978.org>]

On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:47:22AM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> Brian Ristuccia wrote:
>  
> > We should really have a Debian package header like
> > Prohibited-By-Thought-Police-In: with a list of ISO country codes to prevent
> > mirrors in non-free countries from picking up these packages if we know the
> > software is prohibited there. Otherwise, I think the only other solution
> > would be for mirror operators to take reposibility for omiting files they
> > are not able to distribute (yuck).
> 
> Excuse me if this is a FAQ, but why isn't there such a header already? 
> It seems like many patent-blighted or crypto packages would be legal in
> only some countries, and that non-US is too coarse a distinction.
> 

I've been asking about it a lot, but I'm not really sure what the correct
way to deal with it is. Prohibited-By-Thought-Police-In: country-codes or
Prohibited-By-Patent-Gestapo: true are possible ways, but perhaps not the
correct ones. 

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Brian Ristuccia
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