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Wait a minute, so using Fedora in Cuba (for example) is illegal?
If it is for the Government of Cuba then yes. However, individuals can utilize the software.
This is the Bureau of Industry and Security website
This is the law itself
Just the transmitting the export restricted (mostly cryptography algorithms) parts from the us directly or indirectly