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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by sh4dowhe4rt@social.vivaldi.net to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
 

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Please stop recommending @opensuse for EU citizen they ARE NOT european but are owned by Novell an AMERICAN company

Also their licenses stipulate :

You acknowledge that openSUSE Leap 15.6 is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the โ€œEARโ€) and you agree to comply with the EAR. You will not export or re-export openSUSE Leap 15.6 directly or indirectly, to: (1) any countries that are subject to US export restrictions

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[โ€“] sh4dowhe4rt@social.vivaldi.net -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@Successful_Try543 that simply show that the potential aquisition is not done and it's remain US based

[โ€“] chrib@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The acquisition was completed in 2019 and currently SUSE S.A. (Sociรฉtรฉ Anonyme) has is corporate headquarters in Luxemburg.

[โ€“] sh4dowhe4rt@social.vivaldi.net -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@chrib yeah sure and the licensing than push it under US law is for a joke ...

[โ€“] chrib@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Just use a search engine and search for โ€žsuse eqtโ€œ.