Like it or not, Theo has a point... freebsd is shipping export-restricted software in the core

[Erik Trulsson]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 04:08:35PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se> writes:
> 
> Erik> Since it essentially says that if you export it from the USA you will
> Erik> have to follow whatever laws and regulations covers such exports, it
> Erik> doesn't really add any burden since anybody doing such an export would
> Erik> be legally required to do so anyway.
> 
> Erik> AFAICT the paragraph in question does not add any restrictions or
> Erik> burdens, it just points out potentially existing ones.
> 
> Yes, you always have to obey the law when you export.  But this clause
> seems to imply that the associated software *knowingly* triggers the
> export laws, probably in a bad way.
> 
> Do you have a different opinion, and is it a legal opinion?

To me it looks much more like a case of some corporate standard
cover-your-ass boilerplate text that is used regardless of whether
there is reason to believe any particular piece of software needs any
special export approval.



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Erik Trulsson
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