Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:12:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted software in the core Message-ID: <201010080012.o980CteE023986@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 7 18:28:10 2010
> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:29:46 +1000
> From: Danny Carroll <fbsd@dannysplace.net>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Like it or not,
> Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted
> software in the core
>
> On 7/10/2010 8:23 PM, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:
> >
> > I would assume you already did that before walking into my office to
> > ...
> > If you go tell your Dr. you have a simple cof and a runy nose, he
> > wonīt ask you to go trhough a colonoscopy or a brain tomography ...
> > and, _please_, _by_all_means_ donīt count on him finding anything on
> > your colon or in your brain in that case.
> >
>
> True, but if you told your doctor to test that you did not have cancer
> and he neglected to give you a colonoscopy, then he'd be, well, negligent.
> But I am just being fecetious, I guess a lawyer may not have the
> technical knowledge to know *where* to get each license that may be used.
The lawyer doesn't need to know where to get each license. He, does know,
however, that he needs -all- of them, -and- that they're not necessarily
all in 'obvious' places.
The conversation start with you asking your lawyer something along the lines
of:
"I'm considering exporting _this_ bundle of sofware, what needs to be
checked?"
he'll tell you: "I need to review the copyright notices, licenses, and
distribution restricions on _each_and_every_ item in that package. Go
check _every_ file you intend to include, bring me a list showing
1) every file name
2) who holds the copyright to that file
3) what form of license it is issued under, and for each form of license
a complete copy of that license.
4) any 'restricted use' notices you may find along the way
Then _you_ actually perform the audit.
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