A contributor is not allowed to use Fedora legally?
Pasha
e97665728 at 013.net
Tue Sep 21 19:34:36 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 22:28, Sam Tregar wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Pasha wrote:
>
> > I don't think US copyright law has anything to do with the matter. EULA
> > is a sort of contract, so by agreeing to it, Roozbeh can't use fedora
> > legally.
>
> That's only true if Iranian law recognizes the EULA, which I imagine
> would have something to do with recognition of US copyright law.
> Maybe the two are completely separate. I'm not an Iranian lawyer so I
> can't say for certain.
You are probably right - only Iranian contract law defines whether the
EULA is valid in Iran. Still, I don't think recognition of US copyright
law has anything to do with it. But I'm neither Iranian nor American
lawyer (and neither Iranian nor American at all :)
>
> My point is that this question can't be answered based on the GPL or
> any other contract based on US copyright law. These documents most
> likely have no legal force in Iran. What's legal for Roozbeh is
> defined entirely by the Iranian legal system.
>
> -sam
>
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