- ** xref:policy/legal.adoc[Legal Statements]

- == International Restrictions

- By contributing to and/or downloading Fedora content,

- you acknowledge that you understand all of the following:

- Fedora software and technical information may be subject to

- the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the "EAR") and

- other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be

- exported, re-exported or transferred

- (a) to a prohibited destination country under

- the EAR and

- the U.S. Department of Treasury,

- Office of Foreign Assets Controls

- (currently

- Cuba,

- Iran,

- North Korea,

- Syria,

- and

- the Crimea Region of Ukraine,

- subject to change as posted by the United States government);

- (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user

- who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by

- any federal agency of the U.S. government; or

- (c) for use in connection with the design,

- development or production of

- nuclear, chemical or biological weapons,

- or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets,

- or unmanned air vehicle systems.

- You may not contribute to Fedora or

- download Fedora software or technical information

- if you are located in one of these countries or otherwise

- subject to these restrictions.

- You may not provide Fedora software or

- technical information to individuals or

- entities located in one of these countries or

- otherwise subject to these restrictions.

- You are also responsible for compliance with

- foreign law requirements applicable to the import,

- export and use of Fedora software and technical information.

- 

- Fedora software in source code and binary code form are publicly available

- and are not subject to the EAR in accordance with §742.15(b).

- 

- === Note

- 

- Export rules are very hard and very complicated.

- 

- Sponsors (or any other contributors) in Fedora

- should not make any effort to determine a contributor's

- nationality, country of origin, or area of residence.

- If a potential contributor independently (and explicitly) reveals their

- nationality, country of origin, or area of residence, and that

- nationality, country of origin, or area of residence

- is in one of the export

- restricted countries

- (as listed above)

- then they are required to bring that information

- to the attention of Fedora Legal.