On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 21:10, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > I was wondering if I can do anything about not being able to use Fedora > Core legally. To use software that is partly my own (I am a copyright > co-holder for Mozilla, FriBidi, GNOME translations (sometimes under the > name "FarsiWeb", Pango, etc), I need to "warrant that I am not located > in Iran": > > http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/x86_64/os/eula.txt > > But the problem is that I live there, and have been living there while > working on all those pieces of software > > Is Fedora allowed to do that, even when I have copylefted parts of the > software under GPL and LGPL? Won't that be adding more restrictions, and > against the explicit text in the licenses that says "You may not impose > any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights > granted herein"? Also, isn't the same EULA claim that the whole > collective work is under GPL? If yes, how can it add those restrictions? IANAL, but I don't think GPL is applicalble to your case. GPL requires no additional restrictions on distributed software, but since RedHat does not "distribute" software to you GPL this requirement does not apply. > > I would appreciate any kind of comment or recommendations, on-list or > off-list. This has somehow created a mental problem for me... > This situation is quite absurd, but RedHat has to play by the rules - even if this requires to write completely unenforceable EULA. The only recommendation I could give is to use any European distro. > Roozbeh Pournader > Pavel.
