On 2009-01-31 at 9:24:23 -0500, "Joshua C." <joshuacov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The question is if everyone should be bound by these laws. Since the > programmer, the code, the idea (anything) originates outside of the us > (for packagers that are not in the us). it is only "shipped" (I'm not > sure if this is even the right word for this) to a server that's > somewhere in the us. So why should someone be bound (a programmer and > a user outside of the us) by laws just becase the software goes > through a server in us. Basically, the answer is that Fedora takes on legal responsibility for everything we distribute, even if we're not the programmer/author/creator/copyright holder. If I sell a gun to a 5 year old child, I'm liable, not the gun manufacturer. ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
