On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 03:13 +0100, hymno3 wrote: > I had the same feeling, so in that case I suggest that in the following > page > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/FC6DVD/December > the phrase "(Embargoed Destination)" be "(Embargoed Destination if sent > from US)" or something. > After all, fedoraproject.org is on the *World* Wide Web. :) > > The following page: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Export > reads clearly: > "Fedora's software and/or technical data may NOT be exported/reexported, > either directly or indirectly, to the following U.S. embargoed or > restricted destinations: (...)" > > I think this must be specified to "from the US" I guess. > I do wonder what "exported, either directly or indirectly" means; It's > FLOSS, and anyone connected to the internet even on Fiji can just > download it legally, but if it's on a disk, suddenly it's a matter of US > National Security? > > regards, > herman Its actually related to goods. For example you export something to China who then re-exports it to Iran. If the original person is American they can get in trouble. The laws are/were originally directed towards hard physical goods. HTH Marc -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
