On Jun 7, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 04:32:40PM -0700, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
We also cannot go to one of those countries and agitate for people
to download a copy of httpd and run their own web server
Who's "we"? Members of the ASF? Members of the PMC? committers?
developers?
"We" is anyone representing the ASF. How (or who) would determine
that is anyone's guess.
More links
http://www.exportcontrolblog.com/
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/exp_controls/index.html
http://www.bis.doc.gov/deemedexports/deemedexportsfaqs.html#17
The EAR guidelines are insanely complicated because they are basically
a summary of various laws and executive directives. It is FUBAR, but
violating them can be subject to civil and criminal penalties in the US.
I think that's why most of the companies stay conservative and simply
ban all export to anyone on the lists.
....Roy
