Op za, 06-01-2007 te 14:13 +0530, schreef Rahul Sundaram: > Nicola Losito wrote: > > Il giorno 06/gen/07, alle ore 01:05, Behdad Esfahbod ha scritto: > > > >> Everyone not in the US is free to ship to those > >> destinations. But advertising it on a US-based server is considered > >> indirect exporting. Laws are silly, yes. So, in short, just ship and > >> tell the list that you shipped. > > > > > > Or, since Fedora is supposed to be a community effort having in high > > consideration the Freedom let's MOVE the fedoraproject wiki on an server > > outside USA and away from the direct control of Red Hat Inc USA. > How will that help? Red Hat is still the legal entity behind Fedora and > while it has world wide presence is still headquartered in the US. When > you realize that other countries are being strong armed to support > things like software patents and pretty much every region has its own > set of silly laws (I think there was a even regular TV Show about it), > running away from the problem is not going to help. > > Rahul I wouldn't care where the servers are. Furthermore, I don't think we can equate the present US regime with the very decent American software firm RHAT. So, the only question I now have is, where in Iran do I send these CDs? ;) (I'm new on this list) <off-topic> I think it's 'dangerous' for this mailing list to get into too much of a political discussion, but I think America is definitely on a sliding slope of anti-constitutional laws. The US is (on the brink of being) a police state. The Patriot Act is a horror novel. Read it! Americans on this list, defend your civil liberties, your human rights and privacy ~ and then I'm only even mentioning domestic policies. Remember the English lady that said after the 7/7 attacks in London, "I think we should give up liberty for freedom". [sic] </off-topic> regards, Herman, nl, eu -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
