Export restrictions legalese in Fedora scare would-be local mirror

[jdow]

On 2012/07/23 07:32, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Andy Blanchard<zocalo at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Alternatively, they *are* a telco, and a state-owned one at that - not
>> exactly a combination known for adopting a flexible approach!
>
> we´ve lived it all... state owned monopoly (service sucks), privatized
> monopoly (prices suck), and now the govt wants to become another
> player alongside the private players (they´re building a national
> fiber backbone reaching out places that the private sector never
> covered, sort of mirroring the Australian NBN approach).
>
> FC

Remember what the old saw said about Yankee traders that they'd sell you
the rope to hang them with? Well, if you think about it the Open Source
ethos is to give them that rope with the source and instructions to make
more rope. This strikes me as being just a skosh unwise.

{o.o}