On 08/10/07 13:19:14, Steve Searle wrote: > Around 09:07pm on Friday, August 10, 2007 (UK time), Geoffrey Leach > scrawled: > > > IMHO, you've got it backwards. However you might read the GPL, it > > would be ill-advised to send a disto (or other restricted stuff) to > > Cuba. I very much doubt that the Feds would accept a reading of the > GPL > > to let you off the hook. > > I assume your warning was only meant for those living under the > jusristriction of "the Feds". > > Would this restriction also mean a US citizen couldn't take a laptop > running Fedora to Cuba, or even more interestingly does that mean any > of > your armed forces who may use Fedora, can't when they are serving in > Iraq? Hmmmm.... interesting question. Would a US Citizen who took a laptop with Fedora be prosecuted for illegally exporting code in addition to being prosecuted for illegally traveling to Cuba? Or only if the laptop was left behind?
