On Wed, 2022-12-21 at 18:07 +0100, Axel Braun wrote:
* Questions...Why are we as a project tied to US export regulations? Servers are in Europe, no legal form. We accept that our sponsors may be, but not openSUSE as a project. Servers are also in the United States (e.g. provo for parts of the mirror/download infrastructure)
All SUSE trademarks, including openSUSE, are owned by SUSE LLC Sources: https://www.suse.com/company/legal/terms-of-use https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:License https://www.trademarkelite.com/europe/trademark/trademark-detail/004946729/O... Considering this, I think the question as to why the Project is tied to US Export regulations is obvious - a trademark holding entity in the US and is going to be held to US regulations regarding things 'traded' under marks registered in the US. -- Richard Brown Linux Distribution Engineer - Early Adopters Team SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Frankenstraße 146, D-90461 Nuremberg, Germany (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg) Managing Directors/Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev, Andrew Myers, Andrew McDonald, Martje Boudien Moerman