What are the export restrictions on CentOS 5.x? Since it's a rebuild of RHEL I'd suspect it has similar restrictions to what Red Hat has outlined at the following page: http://www.redhat.com/licenses/export/ Is this correct? Thanks in advance.
on 10-23-2008 4:53 AM Michael Madden spake the following:> What are the export restrictions on CentOS 5.x? Since it's a rebuild of > RHEL I'd suspect it has similar restrictions to what Red Hat has > outlined at the following page: > > http://www.redhat.com/licenses/export/ > > Is this correct? Thanks in advance.I don't think CentOS is a U.S. Entity, so the export restrictions are probably different, if they exist at all. Besides, how do you restrict something that is freely downloadable from the internet worldwide? -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081023/da34354f/attachment-0003.sig>
2008/10/23 Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>:> on 10-23-2008 4:53 AM Michael Madden spake the following: >> What are the export restrictions on CentOS 5.x? Since it's a rebuild of >> RHEL I'd suspect it has similar restrictions to what Red Hat has >> outlined at the following page: >> >> http://www.redhat.com/licenses/export/ >> >> Is this correct? Thanks in advance. > I don't think CentOS is a U.S. Entity, so the export restrictions are probably > different, if they exist at all. > > Besides, how do you restrict something that is freely downloadable from the > internet worldwide?The URL Michael included in his post includes this data:>Embargoed Destinations>Red Hat's software and/or technical data may NOT be exported/reexported, either >directly or indirectly, to the following U.S. embargoed or restricted destinations:>Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or SyriaMichael: The U.S. regulations for export restrictions probably only involve the Encryption utilities. As Scott pointed out, you can probably DL CentOS worldwide, and I know there is at least one person in Cuba who posts to this mailing list. If you are not in a country that is in the above list (and I suspect Iraq is OK now), there should not be a problem. Possibly Venezuela has been added to the above list, or will be, in the future. The list involves state sponsors of terrorism. North Korea may also be coming off the list. Lanny
Michael Madden wrote:> What are the export restrictions on CentOS 5.x? Since it's a rebuild of > RHEL I'd suspect it has similar restrictions to what Red Hat has > outlined at the following page: > > http://www.redhat.com/licenses/export/ > > Is this correct? Thanks in advance.Export restrictions are only for people exporting the software. If you are going to export CentOS to a country on the export list ... DON'T :D CentOS does not export our software, however if you are asking how you can export it, the CentOS project thinks that since we do not sell the software that it more closely resembles the Fedora Matrix: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Export The major difference between the RHEL and Fedora is that Fedora is not a commercial product (and neither is CentOS). As such, we feel CentOS falls under the TSU exemption WRT licensing. CentOS should not be exported to any countries on the exempt list. I also want to again stress that if YOU (a company) are going to export CentOS then YOU (said company) have to determine the licensing requirements with respect to the way YOU (said company) are using and exporting CentOS. If you are distributing it with commercial software (for example) then it would probably NOT fall under the TSU exemption. We think that all versions of CentOS fall under the 5D002 ECCN. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081023/63621589/attachment-0003.sig>