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If I send Bitcoin to someone in China, and they happen to send Bitcoin to someone in Iran, who broke the law? I am NOT talking about me intending to send Bitco
by EGreg 5y ago
If I send Bitcoin to someone in China, and they happen to send Bitcoin to someone in Iran, who broke the law?
I am NOT talking about me intending to send Bitcoin to people in Iran when I pay someone in China. Just because someone makes something available to people in China, doesn't mean they are responsible for what other people in China will do later. So, if someone ORIGINALLY uploads a public domain file on BitTorrent, for instance, and sometime later, that file winds up being downloaded (via Chinese nodes) by Iranians or North Koreans, does that mean the original uploader broke ANY law?
- kube-system 5y agoI think it’s an important distinction that the OP here is about a contributor to the Fedora project. That is a voluntary two-way arrangement with consent of both parties, no matter the technology in the middle. > If I send Bitcoin to someone in China, and they happen to send Bitcoin to someone in Iran, who broke the law? There are some cases where a scenario like this could violate the law. Particularly if one of the parties is a financial institution subject to anti money laundering laws. But yes, someone in China could download Fedora off of the internet and send it to someone in Iran. But this still doesn’t have anything to do with using a fancy technology, nor is it relevant to OPs scenario.
- EGreg 5y agoOf course it is relevant. The OP wants access to FREE SOFTWARE and to websites. I am telling you that this can be done if we use the “fancy” technology