On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 12:45:19PM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote: > While looking up the specific clauses for disclaimer and liability, I > noticed section 12 of GPLv3. Curious as to how that clause is not > essentially the same as the non-export clause? As a resident of the United > States, I am bound by its laws. As I read (s)12, if those laws prohibited > me from complying with a clause of the GPL, I lose the license granted by > the GPL. Sure sounds like a "don't do anything illegal" clause to me. On the contrary, the GPL only says that you can't use the /law/ as an excuse for not complying with the /license/. The language leaves open the possibility that you might choose to continue distributing a work in compliance with the GPL but in violation of the law. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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