On 2009-01-31 at 9:24:23 -0500, "Joshua C." <joshuacov(a)googlemail.com>
wrote:
The question is if everyone should be bound by these laws. Since
the
programmer, the code, the idea (anything) originates outside of the us
(for packagers that are not in the us). it is only "shipped" (I'm not
sure if this is even the right word for this) to a server that's
somewhere in the us. So why should someone be bound (a programmer and
a user outside of the us) by laws just becase the software goes
through a server in us.
Basically, the answer is that Fedora takes on legal responsibility for
everything we distribute, even if we're not the
programmer/author/creator/copyright holder.
If I sell a gun to a 5 year old child, I'm liable, not the gun manufacturer.
~spot