Re: Export restrictions for Embargo-ed countries

[Bennett Todd <bet () rahul net>]

2000-04-25-13:18:09 Aaron Turner:
> Like if someone from say Cuba downloaded PGP from pgp.com, who
> did the actual exporting?  NAI or the Cuban?  Who is liable?  The
> gov't seems intent that it's NAI's "fault" and that they are
> liable.

It's worth noting that the recent changes in the US Gov't policy
have rewritten this stuff.

As far as I know, the current policy is that commercial,
proprietary code requires licensing for export, but for open source
stuff you only need to email some address at the gov't telling them
the URL where you're putting it up for download. Furthermore the
current regs explicitly state that while transfer to the half-dozen
or so embargoed countries is forbidden, someone putting up code on a
website is _not_ obliged to assist in enforcing that restriction.

Offhand I don't have a URL, but I'm pretty sure it was discussed
into the ground on slashdot.

-Bennett

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