RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

[Steve G.]

I do not think what he is doing is necessary illegal, especially since he
leaves open the option of a 'bidding war', where someone else pays his
expenses, but the way he handled this issue is very clumsy and unfortunate.
As I had said before, he should have checked with his sponsor before
offering to talk, and also when he found out he could not talk in Israel, he
should have left the details out and just cited scheduling conflicts or
another white lie.

Z.

2011/6/12 Uri Even-Chen <uri at speedy.net>

> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 22:35, Stan Goodman <stan.goodman at hashkedim.com>wrote:
>
>> My guess is that the anti-boycott law has nothing to do with FSF or any
>> other voluntary organization (like what is called amutah in Hebrew),
>> which is what I understand FSF to be.
>>
>
> As far as I know, there is a law in the USA that prevents people and
> organizations from boycotting Israel. They are not allowed to refuse to do
> business with Israel or Israeli organizations or individuals
> ("orgranizations" means all kinds of organizations). If the FSF refuses to
> do business with Israelis, this may be illegal. But Richard Stallman doesn't
> have to speak in Israeli universities - it is his right to choose where to
> speak and where not to speak. If they refuse to do business - for example,
> sell software - with Israelis then it may be illegal according to USA laws.
>
> Uri Even-Chen
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