David Jansen wrote: > Apparently the RedHat lawyers think that even providing a link to a > site that offers software that might not be legal in the USA, may > cause problems for RedHat. Weird perhaps, but all the weirdness is > legal, not technical. Not weird[1]. It's called contributory infringement and the 2600 case involving DeCSS upheld this very thing[2]. The RedHat legal folks are being quite prudent. [1] Well okay, living in a supposedly free country where the legal system has been so perverted that free speech can be curtailed via this and many other means could be called weird (by those not familiar with more appropriate terms like tyrannical :). [2] See the legal docs at http://www.2600.com/dvd/docs/ -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== May your sun be blown out like a candle May your sea burn like tar May your sky be rolled up like a scroll May your blue moon drip with blood
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