Re: Need of non-germany-tree in Debian?
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 05:01:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2007-07-06 19:26:44, schrieb Malte Hahlbeck:
> > Today the upper House of the German Parliament (Bundesrat)
> > decided to declare Security Software like nmap, nessus etc.
> > illegal in a way that the software itself and not it's
> > criminal use is indictable. That is no Joke. This Law will
> > be active when it is published. That should last a few
> > weeks.
> > What would be the consequence? Will there be the need of a
> > non-germany-tree in the Debian Repositories? This question
> > is no joke.
>
> Sorry, but this is NOT REALY RIGHT!
>
> The new german LAW is talking about Software which was build to hack
> sites. "Security Software like nmap, nessus etc." are not build to
> do illegal hacking. (Greetings from my Advocat from Offenburg)
Interpretation of that law differs. Ask three lawyers, get five answers.
Greetings
Marc
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