Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?

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Around 08:37pm on Friday, August 10, 2007 (UK time), Paul Osunero scrawled:

> After scanning through GPLv2, i think i found the clause that allows fedora
> to be distributed:
> 
> "*8.* If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain
> countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original
> copyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an
> explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so
> that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded.
> In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the
> body of this License."
> 
> Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong about this.

I think you are wrong about this, however IANAL.

Translating it into a plain english exsample, I get:

	If the disto is restricted in Cuba, by patents or copyrighted
	interfaces the original copyright holder can amend the License
	to limit the distribution so that it is not permitted in Cuba.

However in this case the limitation seems to be because the US is
restricting it, not the "receiving" country.

Steve

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