Am 21.01.11 01:09, schrieb administrator at openmirror.ir:
Hi guys. Organization: Openmirror Website: www.openmirrir.ir Country: Iran, but the server is located in Germany.
So would that be a german mirror (meaning you get traffic from around here) or an iranian mirror meaning there'd be traffic from the middle east (which might not be that great, if the mirror is here in Germany)?
Ralph
First: We should mention about a mistake in website name above: it is 'www.openmirror.ir' not 'www.openmirrir.ir'. We are sorry about this problem.
Second: We are the first team from Iran to become as a mirror for CentOS so we are interested in becoming as an Iranian mirror although the server is in Germany.
Am 21.01.11 22:20, schrieb administrator@openmirror.ir:
Second: We are the first team from Iran to become as a mirror for CentOS so we are interested in becoming as an Iranian mirror although the server is in Germany.
As said: I have no idea how good the connections from Iran to Germany are. If we send you all iranian traffic, do you think the connections will be good enough to also install large packages?
Your call, if you absolutely want to do that, I will add the mirror.
Ralph
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 01:20:18PM -0800, administrator@openmirror.ir wrote:
Am 21.01.11 01:09, schrieb administrator at openmirror.ir:
Hi guys. Organization: Openmirror Website: www.openmirrir.ir Country: Iran, but the server is located in Germany.
So would that be a german mirror (meaning you get traffic from around here) or an iranian mirror meaning there'd be traffic from the middle east (which might not be that great, if the mirror is here in Germany)?
Ralph
First: We should mention about a mistake in website name above: it is 'www.openmirror.ir' not 'www.openmirrir.ir'. We are sorry about this problem.
Second: We are the first team from Iran to become as a mirror for CentOS so we are interested in becoming as an Iranian mirror although the server is in Germany.
[1] notes CentOS falls under US Export Restrictions [2], and generally follows Fedora's export rules [3]:
which notes:
Embargoed Destinations
Fedora's software and/or technical data may NOT be exported/reexported, either directly or indirectly, to the following U.S. embargoed or restricted destinations:
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
Please note: this list is subject to change.
I believe Iraq has been removed from the State Department list, and thus should be removed from Fedora's restricted list. However, Iran is still restricted.
Unfortunately, due to the above, as Mirror Wrangler for Fedora, I had to turn down a mirror in Iran recently.
[1] http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-October/066853.html [2] http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/iran.pd... [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Export
Thanks, Matt
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:12:39AM +0000, Lucian wrote:
[1] notes CentOS falls under US Export Restrictions [2], and generally follows Fedora's export rules [3]:
Does it really? How can this be changed?
By not developing the product in the US?
Am 24.01.11 01:32, schrieb Matt Domsch:
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 01:20:18PM -0800, administrator@openmirror.ir wrote:
Am 21.01.11 01:09, schrieb administrator at openmirror.ir:
Hi guys. Organization: Openmirror Website: www.openmirrir.ir Country: Iran, but the server is located in Germany.
So would that be a german mirror (meaning you get traffic from around here) or an iranian mirror meaning there'd be traffic from the middle east (which might not be that great, if the mirror is here in Germany)?
Ralph
First: We should mention about a mistake in website name above: it is 'www.openmirror.ir' not 'www.openmirrir.ir'. We are sorry about this problem.
Second: We are the first team from Iran to become as a mirror for CentOS so we are interested in becoming as an Iranian mirror although the server is in Germany.
[1] notes CentOS falls under US Export Restrictions
I am not sure that that is still the case. None of the packages is built in the US, none of the servers which are used to build the system are in the US either. But yes, of course I am not a lawyer.
Embargoed Destinations Fedora's software and/or technical data may NOT be exported/reexported, either directly or indirectly, to the following U.S. embargoed or restricted destinations: Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.
Isn't that against the GPL?
Any Lawyers on here?
Ralph
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