[fab] EULA/Export Concerns

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 6/21/06, seth vidal <skvidal at linux.duke.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 15:04 -0400, Mark Webbink wrote:
> > Roozbeh is certainly welcome to his opinions, but having been through
> > this discussion many times before, this is a non-issue.  Fedora is
> > U.S.-based, and Red Hat, as its distributors, has an obligation to
> > abide by U.S. law regardless of what the GPL may say.  That law
> > forbids the export of Fedora to certain countries and individuals.
> > Anyone who knowingly distributes or permits the distribution of Fedora
> > in violation of U.S. export control laws is subject to substantial
> > fines and criminal conviction.  This  is not dissimilar to the laws in
> > other countries that regulate the import and export of goods,
> > including computer software, and Fedora is obligated to respect all of
> > those.  The fact that these laws exist does not override the intent of
> > the licensor, i.e., that Fedora is free software, nor does it in my
> > legal opinion violate the GPL (understanding that others, including
> > the FSF, may disagree with me on this point).  However, the GPL does
> > not relieve anyone from complying with the national laws in those
> > countries within which they reside.
>
> Has anyone told Roozbeh just this?
>
> Any problem with my forwarding this mail to him?
>
>


I don't think there would be a problem, but having gone through his
Blog on how Google etc are all wrong for not allowing exports, money,
etc to Iran because of following US law.. I do not think it will have
any effect.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen.
CSIRT/Linux System Administrator