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

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• Subject: Re: USA export restrictions and GPL - how can they co-exist?
• From: Geoffrey Leach <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:02:29 -0700
• In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708101506180.13369@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Fri Aug 10 15:07:05 2007)
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On 08/10/07 15:07:05, alan wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Depends on if you are a Republican or a Democrat.

Correct. A Republican wouldn't do it in the first place.

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