On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:31:53PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Paul W. Frields wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:17:38PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >>> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: >>>> On 2009-03-02 at 12:41:02 -0500, Rahul Sundaram >>>> <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Can Fedora EMEA help here? >>>> The short answer is no. Believe me, we have been trying very hard for >>>> some time now to try to find a way around these restrictions, but there >>>> really is not one. >>> I assume you already though about this but since the board discussions >>> on this topic has been confidential (I would assume for good reasons), >>> is <subdomain>.fedoracommunity.org allowed for a US embargoed country? >> >> I don't think so; providing a service like that is probably a business >> transaction in the eyes of the law. This is not a pleasant situation >> to be in, because I don't think anyone wants to discourage any part of >> our global community. > > Along the same lines, wouldn't enabling a L10N community be considered a > business transaction as well? How about even allowing Fedora accounts? > Can we link to http://www.fedoraproject.ir/? > > We do have active contributors from these places and we need to be very > explicit on what we can or cannot allow. I'm loathe to enter into a protracted discussion when IANAL, and I'm sure you understand that as well. Red Hat Legal is looking at these topics and we will provide further clear guidance as soon as humanly possible. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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