On 2/22/07, Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, but again the US cant enforce its laws against other countries. > it is not the world govt/world police, and about time they woke up smelt > the damned coffee and realised that. The US thinks differently. Its accused for example of simply removing people from other countries to interrogate or torture. The Microsoft v ATT case if you bother to read it is relevant because Red Hat is based in the USA (as are many of the contributors). > > In addition a US citizen providing the URL of the livna repository is > > committing an offence (The 2600 magazine case) > > I thought the US had a thing called the ammendement free speach or some > thing, I guess this does not extend to typed speach :) Nope - common misunderstanding - political speech not arbitary speech. So your right to object is protected not your right to give the URL > law so I dont really care too much for it, but it seems reasonable that > if threatened they could very easily be disolved in US and move to a more > legally sane and realistic country. If you move it and it is doing things not legal in the US then US people can't contribute. > I guess what they say about the US is true "everybody sues everybody" :) Yep.
Things are apparently more bleak than I thought. I find this surprisingly depressing. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
