Suggested policy (was: Re: Apollon soon in kde-extragear)

[Petter E. Stokke]

On Friday 13 February 2004 11:32, you wrote:
> [Petter E. Stokke, Do 12.02. 2004 22:25:22]
>
> > I do wish the KDE project as a whole would
> > establish a policy on this issue,
>
> I agree that a general policy would be very helpful.
>
> How about this:
>
> "KDE does not host software which promotes illegal usecases in the user
> interface or in the documentation. If a software is likely to be used by
> a great part of its users for illegal purposes, then a number of real,
> legal usecases are shown in the documentation. The default settings
> should be consistent with these examples.
[...]

You misunderstood me. I didn't mean KDE needs a policy on what to host, but 
what to do when sued. It is naive to assume this will never happen if only 
one tries one's best to obey the letter of the law (which seems to be an 
opinion frequently expressed in this thread). Having no policy on the 
issue once a lawsuit does happen could turn out to be a painful experience 
for the project.

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