Re: Standard vs NONUS CD???

2002-11-15 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 00:19, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 14:55 2002-11-14 -0600 hat John Hasler geschrieben: > > > >Edward Guldemond writes: > >> With software patents, distributing this software could be considered > >> illegal to distribute in the United States. Fetching it from outside of > >

Re: Standard vs NONUS CD???

2002-11-15 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 14:55 2002-11-14 -0600 hat John Hasler geschrieben: > >Edward Guldemond writes: >> With software patents, distributing this software could be considered >> illegal to distribute in the United States. Fetching it from outside of >> the US is fine. Using it in the US is fine, too,... > >Using it

Re: Standard vs NONUS CD???

2002-11-14 Thread John Hasler
Edward Guldemond writes: > With software patents, distributing this software could be considered > illegal to distribute in the United States. Fetching it from outside of > the US is fine. Using it in the US is fine, too,... Using it in the US infringes the patent. Importing a copy probably doe

Re: Standard vs NONUS CD???

2002-11-14 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 12:25:45PM -0500, Bodnyk, Bruce W wrote: > HI, > > I'm a little confused about the difference between the normal binary-1 CD > and the > binary-1_NONUS cd. The Debian CD faq states that > > "The non-US software cannot be legally stored on servers that are located in > the

Standard vs NONUS CD???

2002-11-14 Thread Bodnyk, Bruce W
HI, I'm a little confused about the difference between the normal binary-1 CD and the binary-1_NONUS cd. The Debian CD faq states that "The non-US software cannot be legally stored on servers that are located in the USA - formerly, the reason for this used to be that it contained strong cryptogr