El 06/10/2010 11:18 p.m., Rob Farmer escribió:
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 14:46, Randal L. Schwartz<mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote:
I understand that entirely. Which is why it would be reasonable (and
downright ethical) to ensure that every FreeBSD integrator be made well
aware of this restriction.
It hadn't occurred to *me* for example to think that FreeBSD might be
restricted. And I hadn't seen any prominent disclaimers. Why rely on a
very very buried notice?
If your business model involves importing/exporting large collections
of material which you did not create, and further more do not outright
own, but are licensed to use under certain conditions, then you need
to have both a lawyer and an accountant review your setup for any
potential issues. There are entire college degrees in international
As a lawyer, no matter how much I review your set up, it´s a _fact_ that
a license place in a place like
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/acpica/hardware/hwsleep.c, that is to say, lost
amongs a gazillion files: _will_ scape any review.
Furthermore, you can count on legal advise about the thing you tell you
lawyer to review, but if you ignore _what_ you want to get reviewed: you
can´t count on anyone knowing it for you.
business and it is folly to think that all the ins and outs of a
particular scenario will be readily apparent.
A competent review would turn up this license clause and would give
you advice on what to do about it. I don't think complaining that you
weren't aware of the license terms before exporting is valid.
No ... and you are dead wrong about that .. a competent review will only
answer the questions asked ... if you ignore the existence of such
license and it´s terms, then there´s no way you would ask for advice
about it, and _that_ I think is the point Randal is trying to make.
Furthermore, this isn't really a license issue, but more of a issue of
federal law. If you are in the US, these laws regarding what may be
exported to where always apply, regardless of what the license says.
Making the license more visible may be a good idea, but doesn't
materially change the situation any.
It does by making it visible and thus telling potential
exporters/re-exporters "watch out for this one. Ask your lawyer about
it´s terms and conditions".
Best Regards
Gonzalo Nemmi
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