[packman] Distributing Metasploit On Packman

[Olaf Hering]

On Mon, Jun 27, Uzair Shamim wrote:

> I'm curious about if it is legal/within rules to distribute Metasploit
> on packman? I have asked about OpenSUSE build service and it seems
> that is not allowed due to German laws, would it possible on packman?

Quoting an earlier reply on this topic:

# Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:16:47 +0200
# Subject: Re: [opensuse-packaging] Distributing Metasploit on OBS?
# From: Marcus Meissner <meissner at suse.de>
# To: Uzair Shamim <ushamim at linux.com>
# Cc: opensuse-packaging <opensuse-packaging at opensuse.org>
#
# German law prohibits delivery of tools explicitly designed for hacking
# other machines, so the answer is "No".
#
# Ciao, Marcus

PMBS is hosted in Germany, so I suspect the answer remains "No".


Olaf