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revision 1.121 by rms, Mon May 27 03:49:32 2013 UTC revision 1.122 by rms, Tue Jun 18 04:41:56 2013 UTC
# Line 229  eliminate or override these restrictions Line 229  eliminate or override these restrictions
229  is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program.  In this  is refuse to impose them as conditions of use of the program.  In this
230  way, the restrictions will not affect activities and people outside the  way, the restrictions will not affect activities and people outside the
231  jurisdictions of these governments.  Thus, free software licenses  jurisdictions of these governments.  Thus, free software licenses
232  must not require obedience to any export regulations as a condition of  must not require obedience to any nontrivial export regulations as a
233  any of the essential freedoms.  condition of exercising any of the essential freedoms.
234    </p>
235    
236    <p>
237    Merely mentioning the existence of export regulations, without making
238    them a condition of the license itself, is acceptable since it does
239    not restrict users.  If an export regulation is actually trivial for
240    free software, then requiring it as a condition is not an actual
241    problem; however, it is a potential problem, since a later change in
242    export law could make the requirement nontrivial and thus render the
243    software nonfree.
244  </p>  </p>
245    
246  <p>  <p>
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350    
351  <ul>  <ul>
352    
353    <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.121&amp;r2=1.122">Version
354    1.122</a>: An export control requirement is a real problem if the
355    requirement is nontrivial; otherwise it is only a potential problem.</li>
356    
357  <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.110&amp;r2=1.111">Version  <li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.110&amp;r2=1.111">Version
358  1.111</a>: Clarify 1.77 by saying that only  1.111</a>: Clarify 1.77 by saying that only
359  retroactive <em>restrictions</em> are unacceptable.  The copyright  retroactive <em>restrictions</em> are unacceptable.  The copyright
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