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Fedora rejects SQLninja

Fedora rejects SQLninja

Posted Nov 11, 2010 9:14 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223)
In reply to: Fedora rejects SQLninja by jspaleta
Parent article: Fedora rejects SQLninja

>I expect there to be further discussion along these lines. When a tool can
>be used for both legal and illegal purposes, how do judge whether the
>technology is too risky to include?

The point is the definition of "illegal", because circumventing the censorship in Iran or China is illegal, and China is a major country (note that the rule is about "major jurisdictions" and not democracies, quite a big difference in the context).

According to this rule, we could devise a "Fedora China", with tor and many other packages stripped off: which is disgusting, really.


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Fedora rejects SQLninja

Posted Nov 11, 2010 13:40 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

If you call it Fedora something, you need Fedora Board to approve it which wouldn't happen without strong reasons and sufficient justification.

Fedora rejects SQLninja

Posted Nov 11, 2010 14:07 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (guest, #28223) [Link]

When I fear of a "Fedora China", I fear of something made by the Fedora Board, to comply with some "major jurisdiction".

Fedora rejects SQLninja

Posted Nov 11, 2010 17:43 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

It is never "some major jurisdiction". It is clearly defined. Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat and Red Hat is a U.S organization.

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