On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 05:01:03PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-07-06 19:26:44, schrieb Malte Hahlbeck: > > Today the upper House of the German Parliament (Bundesrat) > > decided to declare Security Software like nmap, nessus etc. > > illegal in a way that the software itself and not it's > > criminal use is indictable. That is no Joke. This Law will > > be active when it is published. That should last a few > > weeks. > > What would be the consequence? Will there be the need of a > > non-germany-tree in the Debian Repositories? This question > > is no joke. > > Sorry, but this is NOT REALY RIGHT! > > The new german LAW is talking about Software which was build to hack > sites. "Security Software like nmap, nessus etc." are not build to > do illegal hacking. (Greetings from my Advocat from Offenburg)
Interpretation of that law differs. Ask three lawyers, get five answers. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
