On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 11:13 AM Niels Möller <[email protected]> wrote:
>  ...
> I've had look at the terms and conditions,
> http://security.marist.edu/LinuxOne/TC.PDF. Most of it looks very
> reasonable, but there are a few items that I find a bit unclear:
>
> 9. [...] You agree to obey all relevant New York State and US laws,
>    including all export controls laws.
>
> My understanding is that US export control laws don't apply to FOSS
> software (and that's why, e.g., Debian no longer have special non-us
> mirrors for distributing cryptographic software). But I don't know the
> details, and if there really isn't a problem, why is it mentioned
> explicitly in the terms and conditions?

IBM is a US company. It has to comply with the export laws.

For an open source project you have to email the encryption
coordinator (the NSA) with a link to the project's website and source
files. Also see
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/us-export-controls-and-published-encryption-source-code-explained.

Jeff
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