On Sun, 21 Mar 2010, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > > > Also, you say you're not in the U.S., but Vim's hosted mostly on > > Sourceforge (which is a U.S.-based entity), correct? > > The main Vim ftp server is in Amsterdam.
Okay. I was going off of www.vim.org == sourceforge. > There are mirrors all over the world. I don't see how the location of > a server, that merely forwards bytes verbatim, would change the law > that applies. > If you have a bunch of bytes you're forwarding verbatim, and those bytes are subject to export laws that govern cryptography products, the location of what's serving those bytes seems pretty germane. It's not copyright, where it doesn't change when it changes physical location. It's export laws, where it matters what geopolitical borders you're crossing. (...but again, we're back to why I think the law is pretty idiotic in the first place when it comes to software.) -- Best, Ben -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vim_dev+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
