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No OLPCs for Cuba, Ever
An anonymous reader writes "In a move going largely unnoticed by developers, the OLPC project now requires all submissions to be hosted in the RedHat Fedora project. While this may not seem like a big deal, the implications are interesting. First, contributors have to sign the Fedora Project Individual Contributor License Agreement. By being forced to submit contributions to the Fedora repository they automatically fall under the provisions of US export law. So, no OLPC for Cuba, Syria and the like. Ever."
When the regimes that control those countries stop sponsoring terrorism, then I'm sure they'll be taken off the export list.
For those of us not in the Linux fanboy club, could someone provide an explanation as to what OLPC actually stands for?
Bonus answer would by why anyone would give a rat's behind that Syria can't participate?
I am SURE Syria is just BUSTING at the SEAMS with Open Source developers making huge contributions to the source tree, right? so sad all their hopes and dreams are dashed by US policy.
Maybe Syria and Cuba can sign up and work on Red Flag Linux?
idiot
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
So what? The USA has military bases ALL OVER THE FUCKING WORLD. You have invaded more countries and participated in more military conflicts than any other country. Why is so wrong for Russia to have missiles pointing at you when you are doing the same?
I just have one word for you: Guantanamo.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
"Return" the real estate to their rightful owners? Im sure Cuba will get on that right after 'merkins turn over half of Boston and Manhattan to the Loyalists.
The hypocricy of Europeans is amazing. We've invaded more countires and participated in more military conflicts than any other country, have we? Did you forget about 600 hundred fucking years of European colonialism?