I beleive this issue, if not on this exact package came up and I think I agreed with Justin's assessment. This line is stupidly placed in a copyright file but doesn't add any additional restrictions to the user anymore than stating "Do not carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket in Kentucky" does - the laws don't affect those outside of Kentucky and those in the given are are required to do that anyway.
On Jan 23, 2008 4:13 PM, Justin Baugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the license of xserver-xorg-driver-nsc isn't free because the > > section containing: "Under CURRENT (2001) U.S. export regulations this > > software is eligible for export from the U.S. and can be downloaded by > > or otherwise exported or reexported worldwide EXCEPT to U.S. embargoed > > destinations which include Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, > > Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and any other country to which the U.S. has > > embargoed goods and services." may not suit freedom 2: The freedom to > > redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor. So i disagree with > > bbrian regarding this point. > > > > > > This one is most likely freedom-limiting. > > This discussion strikes me as being kind of silly. The reason why it > can't be exported is likely because it contains cryptographic elements, > which the US (and a lot of other countries) count as munitions and/or > items which are restricted for export (see EAR/ITAR in the US). > > This argument can be drawn out to the point of absurdity: According to > the ASF, most Apache projects contain elements which are export > restricted. Would you remove them from gNewSense as well? > > In addition: The software license is not what restricts the > distribution, but the *law* of the country you are residing. That is an > important point to remember. All this paragraph says is: "If you export > this, you may wish to follow the laws of the country in which you reside." > > -Justin > > -- > Justin Baugh (baughj at gnu dot org) > Senior Systems Administrator > Free Software Foundation > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
