Ubaldo, We are working on clarifications to the documentation to list the countries. That being said, export laws are vast and complex. I am not a lawyer and cannot interpret them. This has nothing to do with legal risks (see every single area where Google is innovating) and everything to do with actual, legal compliance.
If you require further clarification, please send an email to le...@google.com. Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine Blog: http://googleappengine.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/app_engine Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Ubaldo Huerta <uba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, "computational" services, uff. Very vague, it sounds like google > isn't looking hard into this issue, and it's taking the easiest and safest > route without regard for the little guy, in this case, cuban consumers. I > don't know how I could anymore denounce the internet access restrictions > imposed to Cubans by the Cuban government, when US companies, using I'm sure > outdated and unenforceable US laws still on the books, are denying access to > Cubans. I happend to carry both passports, btw > > *Note that amazon suite of services, including EC2, etc are available to > Cubans in the island. *It doesn't get any more "computational" than EC2 > which is totally multi-purpose computing platform. Why is Amazon allegedly > taking "legal risks" and Google isn't? > > Can Google please take the time, the energy, etc to do the right thing and > revise this policy or at least provide an official explanation for the > denial of access to app engine to cubans in the island? > > Thanks in advance > -Ubaldo > > > * * > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
