Дана 24/10/25 09:39PM, Andrey Dobrovolsky написа:
> First of all I need to apologize for mentioning the wrong number
> (sorry!), the right is Executive Order 14071 (oops) and describes
> sanctions against Russian Federation. The use case was banning of 11
> developers from RF from Linux Kernel maintainers list. Linux is
> developed under GPL 2.0 and here we can observe the case of applying
> the restrictions not mentioned in the license itself. GPL itself looks
> like acknowledged and running under US jurisdictions, and the fact
> raise concerns that any GPL-licensed software may one fine day be
> affected in some way with this or another politically-driven
> restrictions.
Like you said, that is not something that is the consequence of the
terms of GNU GPL. The idea of GNU GPL is to ensure the four freedoms
for all the users of software.
See here, for example:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html#exportcontrol
> Sometimes government export control regulations and trade sanctions
> can constrain your freedom to distribute copies of programs
> internationally. Software developers do not have the power to
> eliminate or override these restrictions, but what they can and must
> do is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program.
and thus GPL was exempt from such clauses.
I think the issue is with the laws of a particular country the primary
copyright holder is physically in (I believe Mr. Torvalds is living in
the USA). This is the reason Theo de Raadt, primary developer of
OpenBSD, lives in Canada, which has more lax restrictions on the export
regulations, allowing OpenBSD to include more sophisticated security
mechanisms than it would be possible were he a resident of USA.
Received on Sat Oct 26 2024 - 20:48:10 CEST