link:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.3

copied from the link:

This source code is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and other U.S. law, and may not be exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently Afghanistan (Taliban controlled areas), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) or to persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports (including Denied Parties, entities on the Bureau of Export Administration Entity List, and Specially Designated Nationals).


Iraq, libya, iran, syrian, sudan etc...
okay, I want to suggest that Alaa for example, since he have a special interest in law, can write a complain (in the form of article) and send it the mozilla mailing list.

Now that iraq is free, they should remove it from that list, right!!!

okay, I was being silly, bass al free software al !!!!

I think any software that have such a licence constraint should be banned from called itself free, I think momken nerfa3 el sho3la men huna and start a thing against such rudeness.

no its not evil Mozilla, they don't have a choice my friend.

> This source code is subject to the U.S. Export
> Administration Regulations and other U.S. law

you don't choose which laws you're subject to, by being an american and by registering your copyrights in the US you're automaticaly subject to the USE Laws.

the stupid US Export regulations have caused problems to many software projects (Free and Non Free), it is even worse with Free Software which alsa falls under the export of scientific publications regulations.

the two main problems are countries which are considered rogue states by the US administration and a ban on exporting strong encryption technology.

Thats why Debian has a US and a Non US repositry, thats why PGP had to be printed and exported and sent through private mail to be legaly distributed around the world afterwards.

now while the Mozilla team did not choose this it is a bit strange that they'd put such an anounecment, most other Free Software projects don't bother, many would be willing to challange the regulation in court if the Export authorities ever decided to come down on them.

so why do they do it?? I don't know but that isn't the only strange thing there check this
> We do not guarantee that any source code or executable code
> available from the mozilla.org domain is Year 2000 compliant.
WTH there is no Y2K problem with Mozilla, there is hardly a Y2K problem with anything so why do they say this?? I suspect this is the corporate legacy of Netscape, companies tend to act funny about legal things, they fear law suites and try to cover all posible situations, also companies are usualy content to accept the law or try to buy their way out of it, it is a rare case when a commercial entity keeps fighting till it reaches the supreme court.

if you are interested in more answers send them an email, I couldn't care less Mozilla is now GPLed (it has a dual license MPL/GPL) its legality is as good as any other Free Software project and for all practical purposes it is imposible to stop anyone from using it.

cheers,
Alaa