On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 13:34 +1000, Res wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 May 2008, Tim wrote: > > > > > Sure. The consensus if you want to do something illegal, use something > > > else. There's nothing stopping you from doing so, and there's plenty of > > > "something elses" for you to use. > > > > The definition of illegal is wrongly exampled here. I know its been a long > > time since I bothered reading fedora EULA, but I must have missed the bit > > that said "by use of this software you automatically submit to the non- > > exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S courts and its laws" if that's in there, > > no wonder I'm not using this crud again. > > > > A more appropriate response would have been "if you want to do something > > that is illegal in your country, use something else", and if unsure, > > consult a local lawyer, not a bunch of loonies on the net who all profess > > to be legal experts and think the entire world is governed by U.S law, > > which thankfully, it aint! > > Indeed! Here, here. Trouble is their law invariably gets enforced > elsewhere due to treaties, alliances, imposed restrictions where charity > is given, and other quasi-legal means. And I don't believe they've even > heard of the bill of human rights, let alone understand and believe in > it. Either way, Fedora is no martyr for the cause of any US global dominance -- Fedora is just a community which puts out a Linux distro, and happens to be based in the most lawyer friendly country of this time period. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
