No. The scheme makes us less liable than we already are, since it shows that we are "trying". It puts us ahead of every other Linux distribution out there. Certainly we only distinguish non-US stuff right now. But the laws of France and Russia are equally clear and well known.
We don't increase our liability... How can increasing our compliance to the law make us more liable? Sheesh. No, I don't propose making us more RESPONSIBLE for following the law, but propose making us better ABLE to follow the law. As is currently the case, a package wouldn't have restrictions unless it was brought to a Debian maintainers attention what the law was. Why hunt out trouble? Let it come to you. For heavens sakes. We aren't lawyers, and everyone knows that. This can be seen as "reasonable effort" to cover our asses. Jonathan On 17 May 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > I like the idea. But are we then in the position of practicing > law (giving legal advice)? Would we be liable for these decisions? We > may not be any worse off than we are now, but so far we only make > decisions about what is and is not legally exportable from the US, > and that is very public knowledge. Extending this to other areas may > take us into grayer areas. > > manoj > look before we leap
