Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:21:04 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Russian's laws Message-ID: <200911020721.nA27L4H6082513@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20091031061956.GA4561@vagner.bsd.loc>
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Hi, >From what was quoted so far, it seems that the Russian government requires software to be certified if it is being used to handle "state secrets" (and other kinds of restricted information of the government) and to drive "environmentally hazardous facilities" (which probably includes nuclear power plants, oil refineries and the like). I really don't see what's the big problem with that. Many countries have regulations like that, and I even think that they make sense (to a certain degree). None of the quotes I have seen so far indicate that FreeBSD cannot be used anymore for generic purposes in the industry, let alone in private homes. So please stop spreading FUD and crying wolf, people. You're definitely not doing FreeBSD a favour. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I didn't have C++ in mind." -- Alan Kay, OOPSLA '97
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