Thanks for clearing that up. Online search was conflicting, some pages with emails indicated there is encryption code in libgcj, in this link: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00051.html Is that incorrect information? -SamFarhat -----Original Message----- From: iant@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:iant@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Lance Taylor Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 9:54 PM To: Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: gcc Export Control ECCN number if covered under EAR On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Farhat, Sam (GE Aviation, US) <samgeorge.farhat@xxxxxx> wrote: > > What is the ECCN number for the following open source software: > gcc-4.2.0 > gdb-6.6 > binutils-2.17 gcc is free software (described by the government as open source) and contain no cryptographic code. As such it does not require ECCN or CCATS numbers. Ian