Peter Lairo a dit : > Gervase Markham wrote: > >>> Um, this isn't like the US is saying "Ok, Italy you can't have this >>> software". Look at the countries that are banned. Geez >> >> >> "Oh, it's OK, it's only Libya, and everyone knows all Libyans are evil"? >> >> I strongly disagree with this attitude. You should not discriminate >> against an individual based on what country they are from. > > > If a person lives in a country that threatens the peace of other > countries, then that person either should leave that country or live > with the consequences of staying there. > > There must be a healthy and dynamic balance between general protection > of the population (restrictive laws) and individual rights (lack of > restrictive laws). Neither extreme is good. ;)
May I remind you that many democratic countries do not agree with the USA about this list of "enemies" ? Moreover, I do not see why a free, international and open source project should be ruled by any American commercial export law. Pascal
