On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:41:55AM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Just got a reply from a local would-be mirror telling me they > discarded Fedora from the local Linux mirror lists because of the > "export restrictions" > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Export > http://fedoraunity.org/export-restrictions > > However, they carry Debian and CentOS, implying that the same > restrictions do not apply to those projects. > > I think that is a silly excuse and that they´re full of s... as I > don´t see any fundamental differences between Fedora and CentOS... > > Specially after reading > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-October/066853.html > > Thoughts? Comments? > > FC > PS: they´re a goverment-owned telecomms firm > http://mirrors.dcarsat.com.ar/ so they might be more paranoid to > legalese and fear of Uncle Sam getting after them (or us as a country) > if they don´t police access restrictions to the mirror site as per the > wishes of the us govt. Questions about the export restrictions should probably be posted to the legal list instead: legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal -- 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/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
