Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-31 Thread Ben K.
@postgresql.org Cc: Tom Dong Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export Tom Dong wrote: We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review of the Postgres application for export. The Debian project submits all software it distributes to said department, so one can be fairly

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:01:26 -0500, Tom Dong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review of the Postgres application for export. Specifically, we understand Postgres contains encryption capabilities, and we would like to include the

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Tom Dong
Not really. The review process is more like disclosure than control. For shipping oversea, any products involving encryption must disclose the encryption features/capabilities. Commercial products usually have already gone through this process by the vendors, namely disclosed to the government.

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Dong wrote: We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review of the Postgres application for export. The Debian project submits all software it distributes to said department, so one can be fairly assured that they have heard of PostgreSQL, but how that affects what

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Tom Dong
] Postgres encyrption export Tom Dong wrote: We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review of the Postgres application for export. The Debian project submits all software it distributes to said department, so one can be fairly assured that they have heard of PostgreSQL

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Dong wrote: I am still searching for information on the internet about Postgres Export review by US Commerce department. I did see an early email posted on POstgres mailing list about ECCN number of Postgres and saw the response debating if Postgres should be considered a US product.

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Dienstag, 30. Januar 2007 23:03 schrieb Tom Dong: I did see an early email posted on POstgres mailing list about ECCN number of Postgres and saw the response debating if Postgres should be considered a US product. According to the lawyers I'm involved with, the contributions by US citizens

[ADMIN] Postgres encyrption export

2007-01-29 Thread Tom Dong
Hi, We are wondering whether there has been US Commerce Department review of the Postgres application for export. Specifically, we understand Postgres contains encryption capabilities, and we would like to include the application with our products delivered outside the US. Can you let me know