<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tcallawa@redhat.com">tcallawa@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 03/10/2010 11:27 AM, Bill Nottingham wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/world/08export.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/world/08export.html</a><br>
><br>
> ...<br>
> Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed<br>
> societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to<br>
> export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to<br>
> Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday.<br>
> ...<br>
> The administration’s blanket waiver does not apply to encryption and other<br>
> software that makes it harder for the authorities to track people’s Internet<br>
> activity. That category of technology does not fall within the mass-market<br>
> services that can be downloaded free from the Internet, he said.<br>
><br>
> But the official said the Treasury would grant licenses to such providers on<br>
> a case-by-case basis, and would generally look favorably on them.<br>
> ...<br>
><br>
> Has the Fedora Board considered asking their legal representatives<br>
> if such a waiver could be granted to the Project as a whole?<br>
<br>
</div>Yes. Already asked, Fedora doesn't qualify.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Is there a specific reason or reasons why we do not qualify? This would be nice to know since it could have an impact on certain elements in the future.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Greg </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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~spot<br>
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