From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 00:20:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A542A106564A for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:20:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CEDA8FC0A for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:20:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so1598691qwg.13 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:20:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.63.11 with SMTP id z11mr2273086vch.37.1284682848423; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.200.8 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:20:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.1.133.114] In-Reply-To: <20100916184437.GD48415@hades.panopticon> References: <20100911230652.GA1860@hades.panopticon> <20100916184437.GD48415@hades.panopticon> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:20:48 -0700 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: Dmitry Marakasov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Marcin Cieslak Subject: Re: [legal] port with restrictive license X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:20:49 -0000 On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:44, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > > Is I understand, to comply with license, we need to prohibit > distribution of software into "(or to a national or resident of) > any country to which the United States has embargoed goods", which > we likely won't do thus we should not mirror the files. Any software which has been developed in the US is covered by the export restrictions, regardless if people find this distasteful and didn't mention it in the GPL, BSD license, etc. Thus, has a practical matter, probably (at least) 90% of the ports collection is already covered and this really isn't anything new. Look at the legal disclaimers on Red Hat's website (or any major US company distributing open source software). They flat out say you can't download anything if you are in one of the prohibited countries. GPL-like requirements to distribute source to people in those countries would not hold up in court because they are a violation of federal law. -- Rob Farmer