[discuss] Export OpenOffice to IRAN and other americanly forbidden countries.

2006-02-14 Thread yo yo
Hello, There are american laws that forbid the export of american software to several misconsidered countries like IRAN. Do these laws also apply to OpenSource software in general and to OpenOffice in particular? What is the nationality of openoffice? is it american? or is it countryfree? Thanks,

Re: [discuss] Export OpenOffice to IRAN and other americanly forbidden countries.

2006-02-14 Thread Wesley Parish
One quick answer: http://foss4us.org/node/234 In Syria, FLOSS fights an alien embargo Anas Tawileh (29) is based in Cardiff, Wales. But he's doing an unbelievable job in promoting Free/Libre and Open Source Software in his home country, Syria. Says he: We have a very nice point (to make) in