[fab] EULA/Export Concerns

[Patrick W. Barnes]

Roozbeh Pournader just posted the following on the fedoraproject.org wiki 
within his personal namespace.  I wanted to bring this to everyone's 
attention.  For Roozbeh, this is a bit of a personal issue, since export 
control in the U.S. technically requires that we not ship Fedora to Iran, 
where Roozbeh is located.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoozbehPournader/EULA

> I am planning to keep notes about the problems of the Fedora EULA here. I
> consider this personal Fedora-related space, and am using this to help keep
> information about the problems
> [http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/e
>ula.txt the current EULA] creates, specially by making Fedora non-free
> software.
>
> The main issues are:
>  * Fedora is not free software
>  * Fedora is not open source software
>  * Fedora violates the GNU General Public License
>  * EULAs are bad
>
> Random posts from my blog:
>  * http://www.advogato.org/person/roozbeh/diary.html?start=8
>  * http://www.advogato.org/person/roozbeh/diary.html?start=9
>
> == Fedora is not free software ==
>
> == Fedora is not open source ==
>
> == Fedora violates GPL ==
>
> == EULAs are bad ==

Further reference:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Licenses/EULA
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Export

IANAL...

I don't see merit in all of Roozbeh's concerns, but they're worth looking into 
for the sake of Doing the Right Thing.

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