I was wondering if I can do anything about not being able to use
Fedora
Core legally. To use software that is partly my own (I am a copyright
co-holder for Mozilla, FriBidi, GNOME translations (sometimes under the
name "FarsiWeb", Pango, etc), I need to "warrant that I am not located
in Iran":
http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/x86_64/os/eu...
But the problem is that I live there, and have been living there while
working on all those pieces of software
Is Fedora allowed to do that, even when I have copylefted parts of the
software under GPL and LGPL? Won't that be adding more restrictions, and
against the explicit text in the licenses that says "You may not impose
any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights
granted herein"? Also, isn't the same EULA claim that the whole
collective work is under GPL? If yes, how can it add those restrictions?
I don't think that it is the Fedora project that add those restrictions,
but rather the US government. Duke Univ. probably feels they have to
"cover their butts" by making you jump through that hoop.
Isn't there a non-USA mirror you could download from?
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-John (john(a)os2.dhs.org)