End of ROCKate soon

[Sam]

Benjamin,

Do you have a link to the German law text by any chance?

Would be helpful.

Sam

Benjamin Schieder wrote:
> Hi people.
>
> In response to a law that passed the german legislative today, I will cease
> production, development and distribution of ROCKate binaries and - maybe -
> even source code soon.
> The reasen is §202c StGB which states (IANAL translation):
>
> "Producing, acquiring, selling, giving, distributing or making-accessible of
> passwords or other access codes as well as computer programs whose aim it is
> to commi a crime ... will be punished with up to one year in jail or a fine."
>
> See also: http://www.phenoelit.de/202/202.html
>
> Basically, these waters are too hot for me to tread in. Though the official
> reading of the wall - reading from politicians that is - says that they only
> target 'criminals' and there is no need to worry with the wording, nobody
> knows when some underworked lawyer thinks he might go on to sue the ass off
> of everyone in IT.
>
> If someone wants to mirror/host/develop ROCKate further, be my guest. If you
> need technical assistance, I can offer guidance, but I probably won't write
> a single line of code anymore. Sorry.
>
>
> Greetings,
> 	Benjamin
>