Author: jukka Date: Fri Jan 25 16:15:45 2008 New Revision: 615409 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=615409&view=rev Log: TIKA-118: Bouncy Castle binaries require US exports regulation compliance - Added export control information in the README
Modified: incubator/tika/trunk/README.txt Modified: incubator/tika/trunk/README.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/tika/trunk/README.txt?rev=615409&r1=615408&r2=615409&view=diff ============================================================================== --- incubator/tika/trunk/README.txt (original) +++ incubator/tika/trunk/README.txt Fri Jan 25 16:15:45 2008 @@ -42,6 +42,32 @@ notices and license terms. Your use of these subcomponents is subject to the terms and conditions of the licenses listed in the LICENSE.txt file. +Export control +============== + +This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which +you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, +and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using +any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and +policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of\ +encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See +<http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more information. + +The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and +Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control +Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using +or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form +and manner of this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible +for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted +(TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section +740.13) for both object code and source code. + +The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software: + + Apache Tika uses the Bouncy Castle generic encryption libraries for + extracting text content and metadata from encrypted PDF files. + See http://www.bouncycastle.org/ for more details on Bouncy Castle. + Building Tika =============