I think Article 32 is of particular interest in the case of OpenOffice.org distributions in France.
It would appear that compliance with Article 30 is not difficult, since source code is available in all cases. It would be interesting to find out if the Apache process for declaring cryptographic provisions would be acceptable to the Prime Minister without further ceremony. It might be useful for us to package notice of where the details are found in future distributions so users could be aware that local conditions may apply to their use of such provisions. However, I think it is likely that, so long as the LibreOffice download sites are not in the US there is not an issue for TDF. If there are LibreOffice mirrors in the US, that might be reason for concern by the operators of the mirrors. But we don't get to resolve any of that here. It is clear that to be an Apache Software Foundation project, the US requirements must be satisfied in the manner specified by the ASF. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Norbert Thiebaud [mailto:nthieb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 18:38 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Request dev help: Info for required crypto export declaration On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > > Looks like LO discussed it briefly [4], but dismissed it under the > misapprehension that since they are not in the US, the regulation is > irrelevant. I'm confused, how is that a 'misapprehension' exactly ? Are you concerned about compliance with http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000801164&dateTexte=#LEGISCTA000006136109 ? if not, why not ? are you "under the misapprehension that since [you] are not in [France], the regulation is irrelevant." ? Norbert
