DCSSI Authorisation for Free BSD Software
Bill Moran
wmoran at collaborativefusion.com
Thu May 4 15:55:25 UTC 2006
Bethan Phillips <bphillips at UK.EY.COM> wrote:
> Good Afternoon,
>
> We are working with our client Reuters to help them comply with EU and US
> export control regulation. In this regard, Reuters have some Free BSD v4.1
> software, which they are sending to France. A declaration or authorisation
> may be needed for this software for import into, use in, supply in, or
> export from France. Can you please advice us if FreeBSD have obtained a
> French encryption authorisation for the above mentioned software from the
> DCSSI?
>
> If this is the case we would be grateful if you could provide us with a
> copy of this authorisation, as Reuters will need this to export this
> product to/from France, and the DCSSI does not supply this information to
> third parties.
I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advise.
However:
http://www.fr.freebsd.org/
The site is actually _hosted_in_ France. Thus you are wasting your time.
There is no need to export the software at all, it's already in France.
--
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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