On 07/25/2017 05:29 AM, respiranto wrote: > On 2017-07-25 03:05, Kryptxy via arch-general wrote: >> Hi there, I'm not sure if the PKGBUILD will be accepted in AUR. I >> had once posted a thread in open-source contributions in arch >> formus, but was taken down due to legal issues (end of the day, TPB >> is illegal :P). So I didn't put effort in building PKGBUILD. That's >> the ONLY reason I posted about it here. > > As far as I know, thepiratebay.org by itself is not illegal, only > much but not all of the _linked_ content. As an example, you can most > likely find a torrent-link for an Arch ISO. Probably worth noting that this defense breaks down when the project README specifically calls out high-profile illegal content as usage examples, though. :p Although the AUR *still* has that torrent client which is specifically designed to stream pirated movies via torrents, so I dunno. (I honestly thought that that was deleted, but I just checked and it's still listed in the AUR!) -- Eli Schwartz
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