[CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat

[Andreas Kasenides]

On 08-01-2014 3:04, Always Learning wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 21:09 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>> With great excitement I'd like to announce that we are joining the Red
>> Hat family. The CentOS Project ( http://www.centos.org ) is joining
>> forces with Red Hat. Working as part of the Open Source and Standards
>> team ( http://community.redhat.com/ ) to foster rapid innovation
>> beyond the platform into the next generation of emerging technologies.
>> Working alongside the Fedora and RHEL ecosystems, we hope to further
>> expand on the community offerings by providing a platform that is
>> easily consumed, by other projects to promote their code while we
>> maintain the established base.
> 
> But there is more to Red Hat's de facto "take-over" including the
> imposition of USA's domestic law on citizens all around the world.
> 
> The compulsory imposition of USA law on all Centos downloaders creates
> the possibility of being arrested in one's home country and sent to the
> USA for a criminal trial.  A few people in Britain have been extradited
> to the USA for criminal trials for matters which are not criminal in
> Britain.
> 
> Can anyone remember seeing this on the old Centos .... ?
> 
> http://www.centos.org/legal/
> 
> Export Regulations
> 
> By downloading CentOS software, you acknowledge that you understand all
> of the following: CentOS software and technical information may be
> subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and
> other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or
> transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in 
> Supplement
> No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan
> & Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has
> been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any
> federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection 
> with
> the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or 
> biological
> weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets,
> or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download CentOS software 
> or
> technical information if you are located in one of these countries or
> otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide CentOS
> software or technical information to individuals or entities located in
> one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You
> are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements
> applicable to the import, export and use of CentOS software and
> technical information.
> 
> This is a Community mantained site. Red Hat, Inc is not responsible for
> its content.
> 
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Apparently nto all is well with the take-over.
Here is an example. Should I stop mirroring CentOS in the fear of being
arrested next time a I visit the US on vacation?

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Hi,

We are mirroring centos in Iran.

http://centos.iranmirror.ir

IP: 94.182.146.125

Protocols: http

Location: Asia / Iran / Tehran

Bandwidth: 1 Gbps

Version: All

Architecture: All

Direct DVD Download: Yes

Organisation: http://iransamaneh.com (Web application development and 
web hosting)

Email: admin at iranmirror.ir

Thanks

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