Spot can advise more here, certainly. My recollection is Fedora hasn't generally assessed software based on how people use it, with very specific exceptions. Any software that can be used to subvert ToS could also be used by the site operator to test countermeasures, so this seems to me an unwise place to draw a line.

On 07/02/2018 04:29 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:35:57AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> Is it appropriate for Fedora to ship software whose only purpose is to >> violate terms of service of web sites, such as restrictions like >> this? >> >> “You agree not to access Content through any technology or means >> other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable >> Player, or other explicitly authorized means […] may designate.” >> >> The software is specifically designed to circumvent restrictions >> the web site operator has put in place to prevent offline viewing of >> content. > > You didn't indicate which software you refer to. > > Spot can advise more here, certainly. My recollection is Fedora > hasn't generally assessed software based on how people use it, with > very specific exceptions. Any software that can be used to subvert > ToS could also be used by the site operator to test > countermeasures, so this seems to me an unwise place to draw a line. I was wondering about quvi/libquvi-scripts and youtube-dl. The URLs in libquvi-scripts are hard-coded, and the test suite attempts to connect to youtube.com (for example). The Totem integration does not prompt for a URL, either. All this suggests to me that the expectation is that the software can only be used to access those video sites, and not testing your own video streaming service. Thanks, Florian

I was wondering about quvi/libquvi-scripts and youtube-dl. The URLs in libquvi-scripts are hard-coded, and the test suite attempts to connect to youtube.com (for example).  The Totem integration does not prompt for a URL, either.  All this suggests to me that the expectation is that the software can only be used to access those video sites, and not testing your own video streaming service.