It happens. AFAIK *we* don't have to send the ninja assassins to your house though...
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Originally posted by DaemonFC View PostWell, I hope that anyone interested in distributing your software gets you to fix the license or just deletes that entire section of code. It's bad enough that Mesa is accepting non-free, non-open code like MLAA already.
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This is exactly the kind of crap that makes its way into licenses that claim to be open source and makes them not open source.
If I want to use the software to make nuclear bombs to drop on Australia, then a prohibition on making nuclear bombs to drop on Australia would be outside the scope of an open source license. (Of course it would still be illegal, but you don't get to tell me not to do it with a copyright license then claim that license is free and open)
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Originally posted by DaemonFC View Post// If you use the software (in whole or in part), you shall adhere to all
// applicable U.S., European, and other export laws, including but not limited
// to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations
You could change it to say "We urge US, European, and other citizens to check their local export laws before distributing this software." and be in compliance with that section. As it is, you are most certainly not.
Edit: This also bounds me, an American, to European law, and if I don't obey law I'm not bound by, I violate AMD's nasty license. As well as "other" laws, so I have to comply with every export law in the world now? What happens if I have to violate Russian export control laws to satisy Uzbekistan's? Even though I'm an American?
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Originally posted by Ansla View Postforcing an user to obey all laws in existance anywhere in world is just dumb and in many cases not possible as different laws in different countries contradict each other.
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its just Double Standard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_standard
for an Iranian its not Open-source but for an US Citizen its open-source.
the US-Double Standard makes clear only US Citizen are "Humans" Iranians are "Animals"
and the US-Double Standard make sure the US people can wipe out innocent "Animals" in a mass-murdering act without any doubt and shame.
Prove: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_...a_and_Nagasaki
the US export restrictions on Open-source are just "Double Standard"
its like killing people in a war its fine and ok and brings profit for the US war industry only killing US Citizens are not OK.Phantom circuit Sequence Reducer Dyslexia
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Originally posted by DaemonFC View PostWell, I hope that anyone interested in distributing your software gets you to fix the license or just deletes that entire section of code. It's bad enough that Mesa is accepting non-free, non-open code like MLAA already.
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