Re: Initial Proposal to solve this non-US issue
Hi,
>>"John" == John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:
John> Raul Miller wrote:
>> Each country with restrictions should have a profile which
>> indicates those restrictions [and, for software patents,
>> there should be an expiration date].
John> How about asking each maintainer to include in her package a list of
John> countries that the package must be kept out of?
Firstly, this puts too much of a burden on the maintainer. I
have little idea about the laws of my state, and then there are
federal laws, and then laws of other countries -- international law
requires several years of training.
Secondly, this also opens up the maintianer to the liability
of practicing law (giving legal advice does indeed come under that
heading, at least according to my lawyer). This is why we do not
further distinguish between non-free packages.
If I think a package is fine in Germany (when it really is
not); and a german citizen is in vioation of the law, won't they in
turn call upon the culpability of the maintainer who said it was all
A-OK?
manoj
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