Re: x.org non free?
Måns Rullgård <mru@inprovide.com> writes:
> Michael Below <mbelow@antithese.de> writes:
>> I'm not a developer either, but from the legal point of view you're
>> right, I'd say. Their README.crypto says:
>>
>> Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hardware,
>> software, technology or services provided under this license
>> agreement may not be exported, reexported, transferred or
>> downloaded to or within (or to a national resident of)
>> countries under U.S. economic embargo including the following
>> countries:
>>
>> Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. This list is
>> subject to change.
>>
>> I.E. they are making US export restrictions part of their license --
>
> I think they are simply stating facts, to make the user aware of the
> situation.
I don't think so. Actually, both portions I quoted are reversed in the
README. So first, you are told that you may not violate law (and it's
true, one can disagree whether this is an additional requirement of
the license, as I would see it because of the commanding tone, or a
badly worded information). And then they are mentioning additional
requirements. These requirements go beyond the US export law: As they
are put, they also deny the right to export x.org source to North
Korea etc. to people not in the US. If I exported the source to such a
country, I wouldn't violate german law, but I would violate the
license contract with the x.org authors.
Michael Below
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