In Germany, linking to illegal material can be considered a crime itself, for example linking to pirated software/media.

http://www.webtvwire.com/linking-law-expert-dr-stephan-ott-t...

IANAL but I suspect the OP feels the same laws could be applied here.

No. Germany (and the UK) applied the American drafted European legislation that says it is illegal to distribute software that could be used to break into computers.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/567 http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_hac...

This has had a chilling effect already

for instance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28software%29

On September 2007, to comply with new German laws regarding distribution of hacking tools to the public, THC stopped making the program available.

I see. I was not aware of this, thanks for the details.