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. > > -------------------------------------- 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. 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 XX XXXX