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Package: sun-java5-jre
Version: 1.5.0-06-1
Severity: serious
In the copyright file there is the phrase
Export or reexport to countries subject to U.S. embargo or to
entities identified on U.S. export exclusion lists, including, but
not limited to, the denied persons and specially designated
nationals lists is strictly prohibited.
This is also repeated in French. The mirrors in the US may or may not
implement this kind of restriction, but I do not think that the Debian
mirrors in Canada (for example) restrict downloads from Cuba.
Note that this is different from the clause in the DLJ, which could
just be interpreted as a notice about US law.
This problem was brought up with Sun [1], but they did not respond.
Cheers,
Walter Landry
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[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/05/msg00176.html
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 06:37:55PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 02:56:07AM -0700, Walter Landry wrote:
> > Package: sun-java5-jre
> > Version: 1.5.0-06-1
> > Severity: serious
>
> > In the copyright file there is the phrase
>
> > Export or reexport to countries subject to U.S. embargo or to
> > entities identified on U.S. export exclusion lists, including, but
> > not limited to, the denied persons and specially designated
> > nationals lists is strictly prohibited.
>
> > This is also repeated in French. The mirrors in the US may or may not
> > implement this kind of restriction, but I do not think that the Debian
> > mirrors in Canada (for example) restrict downloads from Cuba.
>
> This notice does not claim to be part of the license of the work. It states
> that distribution to these parties is "strictly prohibited." This is a true
> statement: it is strictly prohibited, by the United States government. I
> don't see any reason why it's warranted to read more into it than that.
In addition, by now the FAQ (included in copyright/upstream in LICENSE),
says:
| 30. What does Section 12, Export Regulations, mean?
|
| As a U.S. company, Sun is obligated to comply with U.S. export
| regulations --as well as the regulations of other countries where it
| does business or ships to. One way we comply with this obligation is to
| bring these laws and regulations to your attention. Ultimately you are
| responsible for ensuring that your use and distribution of the Software
| is in accordance with export regulations, as well as any other
| applicable laws.
Therefore, closing this bug, as it is beyond any doubt now what's meant
here.
--Jeroen
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