From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 30 19:39:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F1942C0 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4062B940 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-145-127.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.145.127]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86D773CE9D; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:29:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s9UJTJuv001972; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:29:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:29:19 +0100 From: Polytropon To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?fran=E7ai?= s Subject: Re: What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal you from writing any code that you want? Message-Id: <20141030202919.f85f6d7c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:39:05 -0000 On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:18:09 -0300, fran=E7ai s wrote: > What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal to > write your own tools to bypass restrictions, like the Digital > Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive? That depends on the actual jurisdiction and laws of the country. You should consult a lawyer who is familiar with this very specific field of law. Of course you'll hardly find _one_ lawyer who can answer the question for _all_ existing countries. :-) Laws that exist are one things. Laws that are being enforced ("actually cause a reaction to the act of an individual") are a different thing. It's not just important what is being done, it also matters _who_ is doing it. For example authorities are often granted a wider range of what's "lawful" in comparison to a normal citizen (for example, infecting a person's PC or phone with malware, committing crimes for the sake of uncovering crimes, lying in court, and in the context discussed, create software to spy on people, to plant "evidences", to monitor computers, phones and cameras, to program weapons that oppress and kill people, and so on). Laws and their interpretations differ. It depends on who interprets them in regards of whom and what. It's more complicated than it sounds. Bypassing restrictions is one thing. But what about a restriction that doesn't work for you? For example, if you have an un-CD (music CD) that claims (!) to have "copy protection", but can be copied without any problem? What about mechanisms that only work on "Windows", and you run FreeBSD? Did you bypass something? Did the creator of the OS or the program you use therefore write code to bypass something? As always in matters of law, keep the following in mind: Two lawyers, three opinions. ;-) > What are the countries that have the laws that make it illegal you > from writing any code that you want? It also depends on _what_ you want. Nobody should prosecute you for writing a calculator app, but it's still possible that there are countries where writing a calculator app is prohibited and will be punished. As I said, a lawyer will be able to tell you - at least for _your_ local jurisdiction. > How contributing to the FreeBSD Project writing code? You'll find that information here: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/contributing/ --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...