[CentOS-mirror] Iran CentOs mirror

Sun Jan 1 23:54:55 UTC 2017
Anssi Johansson <centos at miuku.net>

1.1.2017, 23.18, Ehsan Golpayegani kirjoitti:
> I thought the problem with sanctions regarding software is solved,
> specially open source softwares that will not be used for commercial
> purpose,

Unfortunately the export restrictions are still in place.

https://www.centos.org/legal/ states "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)"

The Export Administration Regulations are on 
https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/regulations/export-administration-regulations-ear 
and specifically, the last page of the document "Supplement No. 1 to 
Part 740 - Country Groups" linked from that page does indeed 
unfortunately include Iran.

Until the U.S. administration changes its mind and changes the list, 
your mirror can't be added to the CentOS list of mirrors. This is 
unfortunate, but changing the EAR Country Groups is a political issue 
and definitely outside the scope of this mailing list.


disclaimers: I'm not a lawyer, I'm not a U.S. citizen and I don't work 
for Red Hat or CentOS; my interpretation of these legal issues is only 
my own personal opinion.