http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/world/08export.html ... Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday. ... The administration’s blanket waiver does not apply to encryption and other software that makes it harder for the authorities to track people’s Internet activity. That category of technology does not fall within the mass-market services that can be downloaded free from the Internet, he said. But the official said the Treasury would grant licenses to such providers on a case-by-case basis, and would generally look favorably on them. ... Has the Fedora Board considered asking their legal representatives if such a waiver could be granted to the Project as a whole? Bill _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
