So basically I'd be best for them not to disclose their country of origin? And even if they do, we non-RH people can still help them, correct?
Fab Sent from my Nexus One On 6 Jul 2010 15:28, "Tom "spot" Callaway" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/05/2010 02:32 PM, Jonathan Dieter wrote: >> What is/should be Fedora's policy when it comes to helping people on IRC >> who are from embargoed countries? I'm asking because a situation just >> happened in #fedora where someone from Iran asked for help, and someone >> from the UK refused to help. Obviously that's their prerogative, but if >> I'm going to help them, I want to know that I'm not flouting some Fedora >> guideline. > > Red Hat does not impose any legal restrictions upon the behavior of > non-Red Hat employees on public IRC. All advice delivered by non-Red Hat > employees on IRC should be considered "unofficial". > > Accordingly, the Fedora Policy is as follows: > > * The Fedora IRC channels (on Freenode) is not an official support > channel of Red Hat. Any advice you read in those channels is provided by > individual community members. You should use it at your OWN RISK. This > advice is owned by each individual, and does NOT represent the views of > Freenode, Fedora or Red Hat. > > * Participants on Fedora IRC should not feel obligated to make any > attempt to determine the nationality of participants. > > * Red Hat employees must not offer advice or assistance to individuals > on IRC who explicitly identify themselves as being from an embargoed > nation, or otherwise under US embargo. They can contact Red Hat Legal > for more information. > > * All non Red Hat employees who are participants on IRC are acting > independently, and are in no way acting as agents of Red Hat. > > **** > My note: The use of the term "unofficial" is completely unconnected to > the reliability or accuracy of any advice delivered. It merely means > that from a legal standpoint, these individuals providing advice are not > doing so on behalf of Red Hat. > > ~spot > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
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