Re: Export restrictions for Embargo-ed countries

[Todd Joseph <todd () ConnActivity ConnActivity com>]

Bennet Todd said:
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> 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.

This is close to what I've been told except: given closed source *and*
knowledge of the "download requestor" being from an embargo-ed
country, the download should be refused.  FWIW, there's a list of
individuals who are supposed to receive the same treatment.

As helpful as an article at /. might be, I'd recommend a good export
attourney to make sure all your bases are covered.

Todd