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 .... ?
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.
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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?
--- Hi,
We are mirroring centos in Iran.
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@iranmirror.ir
Thanks
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