Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:33:17 -0800 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/48132: new port: log keystrokes of remote X servers Message-ID: <20030214183317.GX20600@procyon.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20030214103226.07ec814b.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> References: <200302141219.h1ECJwik058765@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030214103226.07ec814b.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:32:26AM -0500, Paul Murphy wrote: > I guess it's a bit late to ask now, but is there any _legitimate_ use > for this port? If not, do we want to encourage this sort of thing? Are > ports simply committed because they compile on FreeBSD without any > consideration at to the ethics of them? > > Just wondering. FreeBSD only provides the ports -- ethics policies are a system/network administrator's responsibility. FreeBSD's policy in this respect is and has always been "tools, not policy". Note that FreeBSD provides things like airsnort, tcpdump, dsniff, ethereal, and so on. Almost any application can be coerced into doing something that might be considered illegal. So why discriminate among them? Such discrimination can be legally troublesome. Regards, -- wca (Disclaimer: IANAL) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports-bugs" in the body of the message
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