On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:00:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 11:54:24AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > > Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > This is a slightly different problem to that of a local law which says > > > "you > > > can't do that". I'm not distributing prohibited technology to an > > > embargoed > > > location by choice. I never thought "hmm, wouldn't it be cool if I sent > > > this to Iran". Instead, the terms of the licence are forcing me to do > > > that. > > > > Almost -- they force you to do that if you modify and distribute. So > > you don't have freedom with respect to the software, because you can't > > modify and distribute without the license urging you to potentially > > break the law. > > So, what, vote with your feet, and leave the country which impose such > ridicoulous constraint on you. No sympathy from me there.
DFSG #13: any licence that requires you to move country in order to exercise the granted permissions is not free. Sheesh. FFS. - Matt
