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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hello Nahid,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">hello Mohammad,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">it is not about you guys being personally „bad guys“, I doubt that anyone thinks that way. It is about various regulations,
not only by the USA, but also by European governments and countries, for example Germany, France and UK.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For me it is totally sensible to not allow security related software to be hosted in countries
that have proven to be bad for our security. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Additionally it is protecting you guys from getting into the focus of the real “bad guys” when
you not host stuff that could be interesting to be manipulated before being distributed. I don’t see big technical means to do something bad by making an “infested CentOS-Mirror” that then harms security somewhere, but I am very sure you don’t want to research
that together with Iranian government-spooks. ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">mit freundlichem Gruß<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Christian Freund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CentOS-mirror [mailto:centos-mirror-bounces@centos.org]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Mohammad Oshaghi<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 7. August 2019 09:45<br>
<b>An:</b> Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. <centos-mirror@centos.org>; n.rezaei@respina.net<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [CentOS-mirror] create public mirror in our country<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hi Dear Nahid<br>
There is a problem because of the US sanctions against Iran, a lot of server and network admins in Iran have tried to host a mirror but we have had no luck.<br>
CentOS has prohibited Iran and some other countries because of </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.centos.org/legal/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">U.S.
Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) </span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> even thought </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CentOS" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CentOS
is under GNU GPL</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> (Source Wikipedia)
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Another ridiculous thing is that CentOS has not clarify the exact CentOS license in their website.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have tried but they react like we are bad guys with all respect I think you should mirror a private mirror for your users and/or data center.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you want you can email me directly ( on email ) I would be happy to help you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best Regards</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mohammad Oshaghi</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://oshaghi.com" target="_blank">https://oshaghi.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 2:21 PM Nahid Rezaei <<a href="mailto:n.rezaei@respina.net" target="_blank">n.rezaei@respina.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Isn’t there anyone to help me ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Nahid Rezaei</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Nahid Rezaei
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 6, 2019 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:centos-mirror@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-mirror@centos.org</a>' <<a href="mailto:centos-mirror@centos.org" target="_blank">centos-mirror@centos.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> create public mirror in our country<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">I’m the Infrastructure Services Manager of biggest Internet Provider in Iran . our company decided to have a public mirror in our country.<br>
I searched but I didn’t find an official Docs for creating public mirror. just I found this link but The steps are not clear :
<a href="https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreatePublicMirrors" target="_blank">https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreatePublicMirrors</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">I will be thankful if you would help me what should I do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">BR,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nahid Rezaei</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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