Thank you for your lies, we now return you to reality.
E.T. wrote:
> Fuck your laws, once this leaves the contry, it is no longer subject
> to U.S. control. Well, if only that was true, but since my government
> is a serf, it probably isn't anymore...
>
> "And the developers? Shall they and their families move, too?"
>
> Yeah, so all the developers are USians? That's typical USian arogance.
> Why should contributed code by subject to those rules?
No, but the intial developers are. It was their right to apply the terms
and conditions to their code. And developers outside the US knew that
their code would be subject to US Export Law.
Oh, and by the way, we are called "Americans", not "USians".
anthony hill wrote:
> Well said E.T.
> My goverment is a serf government too.
> But please, you guys, don't get upset by what we have to say; we're just
> sulking because you guys get to make all the rules.
The people who "made all the rules" were the intial developers themselves.
If you want Open-Source/Free Software that isn't subject to US Export
Law, use the GNU GPL.
GPL has nothing to do with export restrictions
if the software is developed in the US or is served off of servers in
the US the restrictions apply
dave