[fab] EULA/Export Concerns

[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, seth vidal 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?

Open archives on this list.  I'll send him a note pointing him to the 
entire thread, so that he can see that we discussed it.

--Max

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