On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Mohammed <m.makhzomi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there webmaster, > I think you might consider revising the fine print in your website > regarding the Export regulation... > your version of the export regulation state that the product may not be > exported or re-exported to certain countries (currently Cuba, Iran, > Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria). > I think you might reconsider Iraq from the list, because I hope it is > not considered as a hostile regime any more, and I double checked the > document. Scp[e pf tje Export Administration Regulations > (http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/pdf/734.pdf) which is an October > 15,2009 version, states the countries a(Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan > and Syria), they dropped Iraq form the list, and if I correctly > recollect, that happened even earlier, sometime after 2003, I guess > around 2006 or even earlier. > So I wonder if it is possible for you to review the relevant document > and drop Iraq from that list.... > > Regards, > Mohammed > > -- > websites mailing list > websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites > Mohammed, Thanks for sending us this information. I've passed it along to the appropriate folks and below is the official response on this matter On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/19/2010 11:42 AM, Sijis Aviles wrote: >> Below is the email I was mentioning regarding Iraq on the export >> regulations list. > > Please feel free to pass along my reply. > > Red Hat has dedicated people who keep track of export rules. The list of > "exportable countries" is one of those areas where the export rules can > be confusing and full of caveats. Sanctions vary widely in the degree > of restriction based on the U.S. governments objective in implementing > the sanctions program. > > By way of example, sanctions against Iran and N. Korea are comprehensive > because they are related to nuclear proliferation, terrorism and WMDs. > Iraq has moved out of that category, and you are correct that the > *country* of Iraq is free of sanctions. However, the Bath Party and any > individual, entity or agency related to the Bath Party remain as > restricted parties. It is very hard to know who is included in that > group. Additionally, the US removed the sanctions against the country > without removing any of the difficult and confusing licensing > requirements. So essentially, they gave permission to seek permission. > For these reasons Red Hat has not removed Iraq from the list in its > policy, and Fedora inherits Red Hat's export policies. > > I hope that helps clarify our stance here. > > ~spot > Sijis -- websites mailing list websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
