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Subject: Re: Displacement of Blame[tm]
From: Narvi (narvihaldjas.folklore.ee)
Date: Mon Jul 17 2000 - 12:19:54 CDT

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Justin Wolf wrote:

> > 1. The method that the person recieves the at risk program is from
> > FreeBSD. IE: I installed it from the ports collection. While the
> > software it's self is not developed by FreeBSD, the distribution
> > method is. I imagine this is something similar to Toys'R'Us removing
> > a dangerous toy from their shelves and telling the whole world about
> > it. Toys'R'us didn't make they toy, but there are responsible for
> > making it available to the portion of the public that shops there.
>
> Everyone know's Toys 'R' Us doesn't make toys, so it can be assumed it's
> not their fault the toy was dangerous. FBSD does, however, make
> software. So the distinction is a little more blurred (nevermind the
> fact that FBSD is an OS and the ports are applications... this is a little
> too gray of an area for most users - I know some people who think Word is
> an OS).
>

I'm sure Toys'R'Us doesn't stand a chance in a court if a child chokes on
details of a toy bought from Toys'R'Us and it did not have the "Not
suitable for children under X years" sign.

Not giving out the ports advisories would be extremely bad perfomance -
and I really doubt that's what is in question.

>
> -Justin
>

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