On 03/10/2010 11:27 AM, Bill Nottingham wrote: > 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? Yes. Already asked, Fedora doesn't qualify. ~spot _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
