[Charles Plessy] > - If mentors.debian.org needs to follow the DMCA, why would > mentors.debian.net be exempt of it ?
It's not exempt, but it's also not Debian's problem. > - If mentors.debian.org can distribute unreviewed packages by becomming a > DMCA safe harbor, wouldn't it be possible for > ftp-master.debian.org/NEW.html ? The difference is that one is open to the public and the other is not. If a service is open to the public without any control over who can post content, then basically you have grounds to claim you do not and cannot reasonably police the content. > - Bonus question: since mentors.debian.net seems to be hosted in > Germany, does it mean that developers living in the US should > refrain from uploading crypto to it ? How do other distributions > solve that problem ? Correct, it means developers living in the US need to follow US laws. I suspect other distributions solve the problem by ignoring it, thus leaving individuals responsible for obeying their local laws. Which is a fine principle, but in practice it probably means some individuals violate US law without really noticing. (The US government harrassment of Phil Zimmermann was a long time ago, so I suspect that object lesson has been mostly lost.) Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130410170916.gx4...@p12n.org
