[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] repo hacking policy

[Ivan Kalvachev]

> On Friday, 23 February 2007 at 17:51, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > the attached patch adds a rule to the policy which forbids repo hacking
> > except when removing illegal (=is illegal for us not to remove ...) content
> >
> > i will apply this in a week or so if we have 2:1 majority that is
> > YES > 2*NO
> >
> > --
> > Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB
> >
> > No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. -- Voltaire
>
> > Index: svn-howto.txt
> > ===================================================================
> > --- svn-howto.txt     (revision 22325)
> > +++ svn-howto.txt     (working copy)
> > @@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
> >      mplayer-dev-eng mailing list, so that all developers can benefit from them.
> >      IRC is good for quick discussions, but nobody is there 24/7.
> >
> > +14. Hacking the SVN repository is forbidden except when removing illegal content

I'm also for avoiding svn repo hacking.

but

I'd like a little more text defining the exception. I have hard time
imagining what illegal content (source) is. The closest thing that
comes into my mind is decss .
I guess there is no need to say that this is international project and
something been illegal in one country may not be illegal in another.
Or maybe you didn't mean court order but code committed by cracker?