On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:45:24PM +0100, mickaël leduque wrote: > >[13.[8] Geographical Limitations. > >If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain > >countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original > >copyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an > >explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, > >so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus > >excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if > >written in the body of this License.] > Does that really means that a program, written in USA, adding the > classical clause that forbids exportation in some countries don't > remember, I think it's cuba, iran, etc.) will be free in the US, but non > free in the rest of the world, where no such clause are mandatory, but > where adding it constitutes a *discrimination against some part of the > population* ? No, because this clause speaks about distribution being restricted *in* those countries due to patents or copyrights, it says nothing about being able to add such a geographical distribution limitation due to restrictions on distribution *to* those countries. The US export restrictions are also unrelated to copyright/patent. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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