From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 00:24:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01B84106566C for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 00:24:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A428FC18 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 00:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk8 with SMTP id 8so79228gxk.13 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:24:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=88P+tzXPFpZpiJ1lJnvSnNWR1HHm1zRISylJMMXhS9A=; b=pfKcy69zovQpTRaXisZjAOtNdWIdeYxo+UrjqFMtncUYzrblLV1LyzKB1zZD2vhUQE AWDJggWkFFUg2JkIBItymBpKG0GJ4lrpYkz/qADhkBx/oJVW7WJv9isJAYONiKlXRfYq u86QQZYW61RQyE2Lv+ar7weZ37ZlkELtCqoGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LhkxU4HxcxUubqtsdzNuvzpNg4IjaTLV5LOUiNbX3uxNyG+a1UhYRrK8s6teGba9Vk J1EhKGxjggpImTtM2kWTyP+qvRB65T2i1Hp2yv1d2aGMNgwboR+sLY8fGEpdDpiCRiHs iIfvrFdSGvnOlDsyJv72RqImroQ8Q2vglTvw8= Received: by 10.100.103.15 with SMTP id a15mr56358anc.235.1286411059758; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (host211.190-230-73.telecom.net.ar [190.230.73.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g29sm693305anh.16.2010.10.06.17.24.17 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:24:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4CAD132E.1030507@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:24:14 -0300 From: Gonzalo Nemmi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; es-AR; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <86fwwjyurd.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20101006215345.1a57c45c@gumby.homeunix.com> <86pqvnxbre.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20101006225923.GA18732@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <86vd5ex6ks.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <86vd5ex6ks.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted software in the core X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:24:21 -0000 El 06/10/2010 08:08 p.m., Randal L. Schwartz escribió: >>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Trulsson writes: > > Erik> Since it essentially says that if you export it from the USA you will > Erik> have to follow whatever laws and regulations covers such exports, it > Erik> doesn't really add any burden since anybody doing such an export would > Erik> be legally required to do so anyway. > > Erik> AFAICT the paragraph in question does not add any restrictions or > Erik> burdens, it just points out potentially existing ones. > > Yes, you always have to obey the law when you export. But this clause > seems to imply that the associated software *knowingly* triggers the > export laws, probably in a bad way. > > Do you have a different opinion, and is it a legal opinion? > > Either this clause needs to be hoisted to the front page of the FreeBSD > distro proper ("Some software contained within may be subject to...") > or it should be removed from this software entirely. > > Burying it is irresponsible. > +1 BTW: IAAL Best Regards Gonzalo Nemmi