[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

I don't see China or Russia being denied, who would have the most to gain. Once anyone from there bought a single free copy, they could make as many legal free copies as they wanted, for all their friends in the countries you listed. You do understand how Stallman's license works, I'm sure Dark Lord.

Irrelevant.

Stallman has no relationship with this project. as for the rest, reread the disclaimer. Anyone can be denied.

If any nation/state/group wanted any code, they can simply steal and reverse engineer it, whether proprietary, BSD license, or GPL. Your concerns have no basis in reality.

[Golden Eagle]

If any nation/state/group wanted any code, they can simply steal and reverse engineer it

Well, that's a lot more of a barrier than allowing them to make free, unlimited legal copies just because someone gave them a single copy.

FYI there's a coming clampdown on open source use by the military. Where I work, the ability to download any of it is being blocked by our perimeter proxy. And no, that wasn't GE's decision, it came from the highest levels of the DoD.