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Message-ID: <42321206.5010101@umbrella.name>
From: liudieyu at umbrella.name (Liu Die Yu)
Subject: Publishing exploit code ruled illegal in France?

nothing would have happened to the hacker, if he had not published his 
eye-catching stuff.

the corporation wanted to punish this hacker because he somehow ruined 
their reputation ... and they did it successfully.

now french guys will think twice before publishing eye-catching 
stuff("i'm using illegal software?", "should i hide myself?", etc) ... 
such fear and sense of sin is what software vendors want.

jean-philippe Gaulier wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:40:46 +0100
>sec-list@...og.org wrote:
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>Hi,
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>>in France some strange things happen:
>>http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39183862,00.htm
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>I disagree with this article. I'm french, I know Guillaume and don't like
>Viguard, so I think that I could chat about that a little more.
>
>Guillaume was convicted not for his publication, but because he used first
>a "pseudo" illegal copy of tegam viguard, and disassemble not for compatibility
>
>The decision of the court is defined as "really friendly" for the researcher
>community. 
>
>This point of view is explained by a french lawyer there :
>http://maitre.eolas.free.fr/journal/index.php?2005/03/08/87-guillermito-condamne-mais-tres-legerement
>
> 
>See ya.
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