A contributor is not allowed to use Fedora legally?

Brian Mury b.mury at ieee.org
Wed Sep 22 19:09:18 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 01:37, Tobias Weisserth wrote:
> It's not a matter of licenses or EULAs. It's a matter of US export 
> regulations.

It *is* a matter of licenses or EULAs in this case, because the
restriction is written into the EULA.

> The restrictions are required by US law. If you download Fedora from any 
> mirror outside the US then these restrictions do not apply as long as these 
> other download locations are not affected by likewise regulations.

Since it's in the EULA, it doesn't matter where he downloads it from.

The EULA also has that "will not export, re-export, or transfer the
Software to any prohibited destination" bit that would apply to mirrors
outside the US.






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