On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 01:58:44PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Roger Peña Escobio wrote:
how can the BETA public version under the GPL can also be restrict it by the US EXPORT CONTROL ?
While Red Hat may not be allowed to give you the software, the GPL specifies that Red Hat can not forbid other people to give you a copy of the software, see section 6: "You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein."
Except, that if an American citizen purposefully distributes a copy of the software to Cuba, the American citizen might be guilty of treason, or conspiracy, or something like that.
I doubt it would ever go to court, but you never know...
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