[opensuse-project] Application blacklist
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I was wondering how this list was determined: http://en.opensuse.org/Application_Black_List Would it make sense to have some form of community process whereby applications are transparently evaluated? I understand that in all likelihood it is a SUSE/Novell consideration, which in itself is a good reason. But openSUSE is a global community, so it would probably help to be more clear about this. To take an example, as the page currently stands I'm guessing it reflects the various legal constraints in Germany and the US. Since that isn't called out, one could assume it meant software which is illegal anywhere. In Egypt, there's legislation on the books which imposes a blanket encryption ban (never mind whether it's applied or not), and that could certainly have changed the length of the Application Blacklist somewhat. :) JA - -- http://www.DonAssad.com jabber ID: josef.assad@gmail.com Please consider the environment; do you really need to print out this e-mail? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHSn7gFcf72sjD2+QRApy2AJ9D+ls6Usl9kD9a9nVWZhZlMdu+cQCfaurM hmO0zeJG1QvwrNQvuplOFKo= =i0OS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 26 November 2007 02:08:00 am Josef Assad wrote:
I was wondering how this list was determined:
http://en.opensuse.org/Application_Black_List
Would it make sense to have some form of community process whereby applications are transparently evaluated?
I understand that in all likelihood it is a SUSE/Novell consideration, which in itself is a good reason. But openSUSE is a global community, so it would probably help to be more clear about this.
To take an example, as the page currently stands I'm guessing it reflects the various legal constraints in Germany and the US. Since that isn't called out, one could assume it meant software which is illegal anywhere. In Egypt, there's legislation on the books which imposes a blanket encryption ban (never mind whether it's applied or not), and that could certainly have changed the length of the Application Blacklist somewhat. :)
I would like to have answer to that question too, and of course some way to get software that is locally not banned. -- Regards, Rajko. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
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