Packages have "proxy" word.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:54:15PM +0100, Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote:
> Quoting Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (2013-11-01 13:52:31)
> > On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 12:09:03PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:07:22AM +0100, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 01:08:33AM +0200, مصعب الزعبي wrote:
> > > > > بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > The result of updating Fedora by yum is fail !!
> > > > > 
> > > > > When any package have "proxy" word marked to (install or update) , error message will appear with http 403 error forbidden.
> > > > > 
> > > > > In my country Syria (maybe others) all URLs have "proxy" word are forbidden and couldn't open by default way.
> > > > 
> > > > I think you'll have to use a... proxy to work around this problem.
> > > > Or maybe it'll be enough to use a https connection to the mirror.
> > > 
> > > NB, US export restrictions that Fedora is subject to mean users
> > > from Syria should not be downloading Fedora at all[1], via a proxy
> > > or not.
> > Let's consider how likely this export restriction is to prevent a
> > member of the Syrian government or military from obtaining a copy of
> > Fedora? Not very likely. How likely this export restriction is to hurt
> > a random person, e.g. trying to install open source to avoid
> > restrictions imposed by their government? The first is a joke, the
> > second is high enough to keep this restriction in the same contempt
> > as the Syrian government's ban on "proxy".
> 
> You are walking on thin ice and should stop immediately

He's right though.  The law as it applies to general purpose software
is stupid, immoral and counterproductive.  But it is the law, at least
in the United States and European Union[1].

Rich.

[1] http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/syria/

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