discuss: Virus-Writing-HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Virus-Writing-HOWTO
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
15 Mar 2002 03:20:48 -0000
Message-Id: <20020315041256.GB7405@lupercalia.net>
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Steve Sanfratello wrote:
> the LDP should release it because it is factual. it is
> educational. it will be popular. it will help tone down
> any virus hype by showing the realities of an infection.
> both the Windows hype that viruses are everywhere and
> the Linux hype that Linux is immune. it allows people to
> think about the realieis of prevention.
I agree. Alex has accepted our suggestions for improvement very
graciously, thank you Alex. Once he and whoever else looks at it
(Joy, et al), we should publish it.
I'm not a book-burner here, my friends. I'm not trying to censor. I
just want to make it more than a Virus-Writing-HOWTO and into a
Virus-Attack-And-Defense-HOWTO.
Adding information, not removing it, is not censorship.
This whole controversy gave me a lot to think about, regarding what
kind of content I would feel uncomfortable publishing. It boils down
to anything that would harm the LDP or Linux users. A pure how to
write a virus HOWTO still seems to fit that bill. Not publishing any
particular document at the LDP because we have such concerns is also
in *my* opinion, not censorship. As the press coverage shows, we are
not the gatekeepers to publication.
And Alex, again, I am sorry I initially opposed publishing the
document. I made the assumption that you would not be willing to
accomodate the concerns of the LDP, meaning not me but the many others
who have spoken up. That was wrong of me, and I'm sorry.
--
David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project ####@####.####
Lead Developer http://www.linuxdoc.org
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