export restrictions

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 03/10/2010 11:27 AM, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/world/08export.html
> 
> ...
> Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed
> societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to
> export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to
> Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday. 
> ...
> The administration’s blanket waiver does not apply to encryption and other
> software that makes it harder for the authorities to track people’s Internet
> activity. That category of technology does not fall within the mass-market
> services that can be downloaded free from the Internet, he said.
> 
> But the official said the Treasury would grant licenses to such providers on
> a case-by-case basis, and would generally look favorably on them.
> ...
> 
> Has the Fedora Board considered asking their legal representatives
> if such a waiver could be granted to the Project as a whole?

Yes. Already asked, Fedora doesn't qualify.

~spot