Re: Fwd: Freedom 0, the 4 fs and Fedora Export Compliance !!!

[Tom Callaway]

(replying to Ambassadors as well)

Because Fedora is composed and distributed by Red Hat, Inc (a United
States company), it is subject to United States export laws. Our Export
Policy is a direct result of that.

While many of us in the Fedora project share your concerns about US
export laws, and the restrictions that they place upon our community,
this does not change the fact that we are bound by them (and the
penalties for violating them are non-trivial). We hope that at some
point in the future, these laws will change in a way which permits the
widest possible use and involvement of Fedora around the world, and
should that occur, we will update our Export Policy accordingly.

Thanks,

Tom Callaway
Fedora Legal

Fwd: Freedom 0, the 4 fs and Fedora Export Compliance !!!

[Alessio Ciregia]

On Mon, May 21, 2018, 7:04 PM Tom Callaway <tcallawa(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:

>  (replying to Ambassadors as well)
>
>  Because Fedora is composed and distributed by Red Hat, Inc (a United
>  States company), it is subject to United States export laws. Our Export
>  Policy is a direct result of that.
>  
Just to know.
If I download Fedora from an European mirror, does these restrictions are
applied as well?

And also, since "Fedora software in source code and binary code form are
publicly available and are not subject to the EAR in accordance with
§742.15(b).", in theory someone can compile it by itself and use Fedora to
build a space launch vehicle? :-)
And, just to clarify, if also the binary code is not subject to EAR, what
is subjected to these restrictions?

Ciao,
A.

>

Fwd: Freedom 0, the 4 fs and Fedora Export Compliance !!!

[Tom Callaway]

Please keep in mind that I am not a lawyer and I am not providing you
"legal advice".

On 05/21/2018 01:51 PM, Alessio Ciregia wrote:
>  If I download Fedora from an European mirror, does these
> restrictions
>  are applied as well? 
As far as the US is concerned, yes, because they came from Red Hat and
the US originally.

>  And also, since "Fedora software in source code and binary code
> form are
>  publicly available and are not subject to the EAR in accordance with
>  §742.15(b).", in theory someone can compile it by itself and use Fedora
>  to build a space launch vehicle? :-) 
If you compile "it" yourself, it is no longer Fedora, as distributed by
Red Hat, but I suspect that is not what you are asking. We cannot export
Fedora for the conditions which are covered in the Export Policy.

>  And, just to clarify, if also the binary code is not subject to EAR,
>  what is subjected to these restrictions? 
That wording is a bit confusing, but it is standard export law
boilerplate text. The EAR is just one set of US export restrictions,
there are others. While Fedora may no longer be subject to the EAR,
there are other laws and restrictions which apply. The Export Policy
summarizes them.

~tom