On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 04:08:35PM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Erik" == Erik Trulsson <ertr1...@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. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
